La Croix, I. (2010) Dracaenaceae Flora Zambesiaca 13(2) 13-35
Trees (in ours), shrubs or herbs. Leaves spirally arranged, crowded (in ours) in apical rosettes. Inflorescence a terminal panicle. Flowers whitish, fragrant, nocturnal. Perianth tubular; lobes, 6, recurved. Fruit a spherical or lobed, orange-scarlet berry. Seeds 1-3, rounded, bony. Worldwide: 60 species in the tropical Old World extending to Canary Is, 1 in Central America and 1 in Cuba DRC: 19 taxa. |
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| Species | Botanical divisions | Content |
| acaulis Baker | ||
| acutissima Hua | ||
| afromontana Mildbr. | ||
| arborea (Willd.) Link | ||
| aubryana Brongn. ex E. Morren | Image | |
| bicolor Hook. | ||
| congoensis Hua | ||
| glomerata glomerata Baker | ||
| goldieana Bullen ex Mast. & T.Moore | ||
| kindtiana De Wild. | ||
| laxissima Engl. | Description, Image | |
| mannii Baker | Description, Image | |
| marina Bos ex Damen | ||
| phanerophlebia Baker | ||
| rosulata Mwachala & Eb.Fisch. | ||
| sanderiana Mast. | Image | |
| surculosa Lindl. | ||
| tholloniana Hua | ||
| viridiflora Engl. & K.Krause |