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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
Dracaena acaulis Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Dracaena acutissima Hua	Accepted		WCSP
Dracaena adamii Hepper	Accepted		WCSP
Dracaena afromontana Mildbr.	Accepted		WCSP
Dracaena aletriformis (Haw.) Bos	Accepted		WCSP
Dracaena americana Donn.Sm.	Accepted		WCSP
Dracaena angustifolia (Medik.) Roxb.	Accepted		WCSP
Dracaena arborea (Willd.) Link	Accepted		WCSP
Dracaena aubryana Brongn. ex E.Morren	Accepted		WCSP
Dracaena aurea H.Mann	Accepted		WCSP
Dracaena bequaertii De Wild.	Accepted		WCSP
Dracaena bicolor Hook.	Accepted		WCSP
Dracaena borneensis (Merr.) Jankalski	Accepted		WCSP
Dracaena brachyphylla Kurz	Accepted		WCSP
Dracaena brachystachys Hook.f.	Accepted		WCSP
Dracaena braunii Engl.	Accepted		WCSP
Dracaena breviflora Ridl.	Accepted		WCSP
Dracaena bueana Engl.	Accepted		WCSP
Dracaena buettneri Engl.	Accepted		WCSP
Dracaena calocephala Bos	Accepted		WCSP
Dracaena cambodiana Pierre ex Gagnep.	Accepted		WCSP
Dracaena camerooniana Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Dracaena cantleyi Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Dracaena cerasifera Hua	Accepted		WCSP
Dracaena chiniana I.M.Turner	Accepted		WCSP
Dracaena cinnabari Balf.f.	Accepted		WCSP
Dracaena cochinchinensis (Lour.) S.C.Chen	Accepted		WCSP
Dracaena concinna Kunth	Accepted		WCSP
Dracaena conferta Ridl.	Accepted		WCSP
Dracaena congoensis Hua	Accepted		WCSP
Dracaena cristula W.Bull	Accepted		WCSP
Dracaena cubensis Vict.	Accepted		WCSP
Dracaena curtisii Ridl.	Accepted		WCSP
Dracaena cuspidata Ridl.	Accepted		WCSP
Dracaena cuspidibracteata Engl.	Accepted		WCSP
Dracaena densifolia Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Dracaena draco (L.) L.	Accepted		WCSP
Dracaena ellenbeckiana Engl.	Accepted		WCSP
Dracaena elliptica Thunb. & Dalm.	Accepted		WCSP
Dracaena fernaldii (H.St.John) Jankalski	Accepted		WCSP
Dracaena finlaysonii Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Dracaena floribunda Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Dracaena fontanesiana Schult. & Schult.f.	Accepted		WCSP
Dracaena forbesii (O.Deg.) Jankalski	Accepted		WCSP
Dracaena fragrans (L.) Ker Gawl.	Accepted		WCSP
Dracaena gabonica Hua	Accepted		WCSP
Dracaena glomerata Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Dracaena goldieana W.Bull ex Mast. & Moore	Accepted		WCSP
Dracaena granulata Hook.f.	Accepted		WCSP
Dracaena griffithii Regel	Accepted		WCSP
Dracaena halaapepe (H.St.John) Jankalski	Accepted		WCSP
Dracaena halemanuensis Jankalski	Accepted		WCSP
Dracaena hewittii Ridl.	Accepted		WCSP
Dracaena hokouensis G.Z.Ye	Accepted		WCSP
Dracaena hosei (Ridl.) Jankalski	Accepted		WCSP
Dracaena impressivenia Yu H.Yan & H.J.Guo	Accepted		WCSP
Dracaena kirkii Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Dracaena konaensis (H.St.John) Jankalski	Accepted		WCSP
Dracaena kupensis Mwachala, Cheek, Eb.Fisch. & Muasya	Accepted		WCSP
Dracaena lancea Thunb. & Dalm.	Accepted		WCSP
Dracaena lancifolia (Ridl.) Jankalski	Accepted		WCSP
Dracaena laxissima Engl.	Accepted		WCSP
Dracaena le-testui Pellegr.	Accepted		WCSP
Dracaena ledermannii Engl. & K.Krause	Accepted		WCSP
Dracaena longifolia Ridl.	Accepted		WCSP
Dracaena maingayi Hook.f.	Accepted		WCSP
Dracaena mannii Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Dracaena marginata hort.	Accepted		TRO
Dracaena multiflora Warb. ex Sarasin	Accepted		WCSP
Dracaena novoguineensis Gibbs	Accepted		WCSP
Dracaena nutans Ridl.	Accepted		WCSP
Dracaena nyangensis Pellegr.	Accepted		WCSP
Dracaena oddonii De Wild.	Accepted		WCSP
Dracaena ombet Heuglin ex Kotschy & Peyr.	Accepted		WCSP
Dracaena ovata Ker Gawl.	Accepted		WCSP
Dracaena pachyphylla Kurz	Accepted		WCSP
Dracaena parviflora Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Dracaena penangensis Ridl.	Accepted		WCSP
Dracaena pendula Ridl.	Accepted		WCSP
Dracaena petiolata Hook.f.	Accepted		WCSP
Dracaena phanerophlebia Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Dracaena phrynioides Hook.	Accepted		WCSP
Dracaena poggei Engl.	Accepted		WCSP
Dracaena porteri Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Dracaena praetermissa Bos	Accepted		WCSP
Dracaena purpurea (Ridl.) Jankalski	Accepted		WCSP
Dracaena reflexa Lam.	Accepted		WCSP
Dracaena robusta Ridl.	Accepted		WCSP
Dracaena rockii (H.St.John) Jankalski	Accepted		WCSP
Dracaena rubroaurantiaca De Wild.	Accepted		WCSP
Dracaena sarawakensis (W.W.Sm.) Jankalski	Accepted		WCSP
Dracaena scabra Bos	Accepted		WCSP
Dracaena schizantha Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Dracaena serrulata Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Dracaena siamica Ridl.	Accepted		WCSP
Dracaena singapurensis Ridl.	Accepted		WCSP
Dracaena soyauxiana Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Dracaena spicata Roxb.	Accepted		WCSP
Dracaena steudneri Engl.	Accepted		WCSP
Dracaena surculosa Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP
Dracaena talbotii Rendle	Accepted		WCSP
Dracaena tamaranae Marrero Rodr., R.S.Almeira & M.Gonzales-Martin	Accepted		WCSP
Dracaena terniflora Roxb.	Accepted		WCSP
Dracaena tessmannii Engl. & K.Krause	Accepted		WCSP
Dracaena thwaitesii Regel	Accepted		WCSP
Dracaena timorensis Kunth	Accepted		WCSP
Dracaena transvaalensis Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Dracaena umbraculifera Jacq.	Accepted		WCSP
Dracaena umbratica Ridl.	Accepted		WCSP
Dracaena vanderystii De Wild.	Accepted		WCSP
Dracaena viridiflora Engl. & K.Krause	Accepted		WCSP
Dracaena xiphophylla Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Dracaena yuccifolia Ridl.	Accepted		WCSP

Statistics

The Plant List includes 324 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Dracaena. Of these 113 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 43 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 324 species names for the genus Dracaena recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	113	34.9%
◕	Synonym	187	57.7%
◕	Unplaced	20	6.2%
◕	Unassessed	4	1.2%

All names

The status of the 367 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Dracaena recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	121	33.0%
◕	Synonym	222	60.5%
◕	Unplaced	20	5.4%
◕	Unassessed	4	1.1%

Of these names,

• 24 are recorded as invalid
• 20 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 324 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Dracaena, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	112	181	0	0	293	90.4%
	Medium confidence	1	4	0	0	5	1.5%
	Low confidence	0	2	20	4	26	8.0%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Dracaena, are as follows: