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The genus Dracaena is in the family Asparagaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Dracaena

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See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Infra. rec.
Dracaena acaulis Baker	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracaena acutissima Hua	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracaena adamii Hepper	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracaena afromontana Mildbr.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracaena aletriformis (Haw.) Bos	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracaena americana Donn.Sm.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracaena × anerleyense auct.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracaena angustifolia (Medik.) Roxb.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracaena arborea (Willd.) Link	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracaena aubryana Brongn. ex E.Morren	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracaena aurantiaca T.Moore	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracaena aurea H.Mann	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracaena × bartetii Carrière	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracaena bequaertii De Wild.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracaena × bergmanii auct.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracaena bicolor Hook.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracaena borneensis (Merr.) Jankalski	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracaena boscii (Hornem.) Zeyh.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracaena brachyphylla Kurz	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracaena brachystachys Hook.f.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracaena braunii Engl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracaena breviflora Ridl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracaena bueana Engl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracaena buettneri Engl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracaena calocephala Bos	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracaena cambodiana Pierre ex Gagnep.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracaena camerooniana Baker	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracaena cantleyi Baker	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracaena cerasifera Hua	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracaena chiniana I.M.Turner	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracaena cinnabari Balf.f.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracaena cochinchinensis (Lour.) S.C.Chen	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracaena concinna Kunth	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracaena conferta Ridl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracaena congoensis Hua	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracaena cristula W.Bull	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracaena cubensis Vict.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracaena curtisii Ridl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracaena cuspidata Ridl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracaena cuspidibracteata Engl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracaena densifolia Baker	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracaena draco (L.) L.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracaena duchneri auct.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracaena ellenbeckiana Engl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracaena elliptica Thunb. & Dalm.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracaena fernaldii (H.St.John) Jankalski	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracaena filamentosa Scan. ex Schult. & Schult.f.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracaena finlaysonii Baker	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracaena fischeri Baker	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracaena floribunda Baker	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracaena fontanesiana Schult. & Schult.f.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracaena forbesii (O.Deg.) Jankalski	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracaena fragrans (L.) Ker Gawl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracaena gabonica Hua	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracaena glomerata Baker	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracaena goldieana W.Bull ex Mast. & Moore	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracaena granulata Hook.f.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracaena griffithii Regel	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracaena halaapepe (H.St.John) Jankalski	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracaena halemanuensis Jankalski	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracaena hendersonii J.H.Veitch	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracaena hewittii Ridl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracaena × hibberdii B.S.Williams	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracaena hokouensis G.Z.Ye	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracaena hosei (Ridl.) Jankalski	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracaena impressivenia Yu H.Yan & H.J.Guo	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracaena jaspidea Linden	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracaena kewensis Sander	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracaena kirkii Baker	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracaena kochiana Regel	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracaena konaensis (H.St.John) Jankalski	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracaena kupensis Mwachala, Cheek, Eb.Fisch. & Muasya	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracaena lancea Thunb. & Dalm.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracaena lancifolia (Ridl.) Jankalski	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracaena laxissima Engl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracaena le-testui Pellegr.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracaena ledermannii Engl. & K.Krause	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracaena lentiginosa auct.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracaena longifolia Ridl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracaena maingayi Hook.f.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracaena mandaianum auct.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracaena mannii Baker	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracaena marginata hort.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Dracaena × masseffiana Pennock ex Bos	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracaena multiflora Warb. ex Sarasin	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracaena novoguineensis Gibbs	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracaena nutans Ridl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracaena nyangensis Pellegr.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracaena oddonii De Wild.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracaena ombet Heuglin ex Kotschy & Peyr.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	1
Dracaena ovata Ker Gawl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracaena pachyphylla Kurz	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracaena parrei Federer	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracaena parviflora Baker	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracaena penangensis Ridl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracaena pendula Ridl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracaena perrottii Baker	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Dracaena petiolata Hook.f.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracaena phanerophlebia Baker	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracaena phrynioides Hook.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracaena poggei Engl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracaena porteri Baker	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracaena poubellei auct.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracaena praetermissa Bos	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracaena purpurea (Ridl.) Jankalski	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracaena reflexa Lam.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	4
Dracaena robusta Ridl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracaena rockii (H.St.John) Jankalski	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracaena rubroaurantiaca De Wild.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracaena sarawakensis (W.W.Sm.) Jankalski	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracaena scabra Bos	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracaena serrulata Baker	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracaena siamica Ridl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracaena singapurensis Ridl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracaena soyauxiana Baker	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracaena spicata Roxb.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracaena stenophylla K.Koch	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracaena steudneri Engl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracaena surculosa Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	1
Dracaena talbotii Rendle	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracaena tamaranae Marrero Rodr., R.S.Almeira & M.Gonzales-Martin	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracaena terniflora Roxb.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracaena tessmannii Engl. & K.Krause	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracaena thalioides Makoy ex E. Morris	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Dracaena thwaitesii Regel	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracaena timorensis Kunth	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracaena transvaalensis Baker	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracaena triandra Afzel.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracaena umbraculifera Jacq.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracaena umbratica Ridl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracaena vanderystii De Wild.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracaena venusta Planch.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracaena viridiflora Engl. & K.Krause	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracaena weismannii T.Moore	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracaena xiphophylla Baker	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dracaena yuccifolia Ridl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23

Statistics

The Plant List includes 435 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Dracaena. Of these 113 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 46 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Dracaena. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 435 species names for the genus Dracaena recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	113	26.0%
◕	Synonym	298	68.5%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	24	5.5%

All names

The status of the 481 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Dracaena recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	119	24.7%
◕	Synonym	338	70.3%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	24	5.0%

Of the species names,

• 8 are recorded as invalid
• 20 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 435 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Dracaena, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	111	287	0	0	398	91.5%
	Medium confidence	2	4	0	0	6	1.4%
	Low confidence	0	7	0	24	31	7.1%

The source of the species name records found in The Plant List for the genus Dracaena is as follows: