Dracaena surculosa
Dracaena surculosa | |
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Habit | |
Close-up of flower | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Asparagaceae |
Subfamily: | Nolinoideae |
Genus: | Dracaena |
Species: | D. surculosa
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Binomial name | |
Dracaena surculosa | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Dracaena surculosa, called the gold dust dracaena and spotted dracaena, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae, native to west and west-central tropical Africa, from Guinea to the Republic of the Congo.[2][1] Its cultivar 'Florida Beauty' has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[3]
Subtaxa[]
The following varieties are accepted:[1]
- Dracaena surculosa var. maculata Hook.f.
- Dracaena surculosa var. surculosa
Dracaena surculosa 'Florida Beauty'
Dracaena surculosa 'Milky Way'
Fruit
Dracaena surculosa var. maculata
References[]
- ^ a b c "Dracaena surculosa Lindl". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
- ^ "Dracaena surculosa gold dust dracaena". The Royal Horticultural Society. 2021. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
Other common names; spotted dracaena
- ^ "Dracaena surculosa 'Florida Beauty' (v) spotted dracaena 'Florida Beauty'". The Royal Horticultural Society. 2021. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
Categories:
- Dracaena (plant)
- Flora of Benin
- Flora of Ghana
- Flora of Guinea
- Flora of Ivory Coast
- Flora of Liberia
- Flora of Nigeria
- Flora of Sierra Leone
- Flora of Togo
- Flora of Cameroon
- Flora of the Central African Republic
- Flora of the Republic of the Congo
- Flora of Gabon
- Flora of the Gulf of Guinea islands
- Plants described in 1828
- Asparagaceae stubs