Dracaenaceae
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Vernacular names of plants within the Family Dracaenaceae

bowstring hemp
dracaena
dragontree
hala pepe
iguanatail
sansevieria
sotol

Hierarchical position of the Family Dracaenaceae

   Regnum  Plantae
common name: The plant kingdom
  
   Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist
syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta
pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
common name: angiosperms, flowering plants
  
   Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal
pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
common name: Angiosperms
  
   Classis  Liliopsida Brongn.
pub. Enum. Pl. Mus. Paris: xv, 17. 12 Aug 1843.
common name: Monocots
  
   Subclassis  Liliidae J.H. Schaffn.
pub. Ohio Naturalist 11: 413. Dec 1911.
  
   SuperOrdo  Lilianae Takht.
pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 473. Jan-Mar 1967.
  
   Ordo  Asteliales Dumort.
pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 59. 1829.
  
   Familia  Dracaenaceae Salisb.
pub. Gen. Pl.: 73. Apr-Mai 1866.
  

Named members of the Family Dracaenaceae

1
   Genus  Beaucarnea Lem.
2
   Genus  Calibanus Rose
3
   Genus  Dasylirion Zucc.
common name: sotol
4
   Subfamilia  Dracaenoideae Link
pub. Handbuch 1: 187. Jan-Aug 1829.
  
 
5
   Tribus  Dracaeneae Dumort.
pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 60. 1829.
  
 
6
   Genus  Dracaena Vand. ex L.
pub. (1767)
common name: dracaena
  
7
   Genus  Pleomele Salisb.
syn. Dracaena Vand. ex L.
common name: hala pepe
8
   Tribus  Sansevierieae Baker
pub. J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 520. 24 Apr 1875.
  
 
9
   Genus  Sansevieria Thunb.
pub. (1794)
common name: sansevieria
  

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.

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Last reviewed October 31, 2004   

 

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