Asparagaceae
Dracaena

Dracaena ellenbeckiana Engl.

First published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 32: 95 (1902)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Ethiopia to Uganda. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, Uganda

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Demissew, S. & Nordal, I. (2010). Aloes and other Lilies of Ethiopia and Eritrea, ed, 2: 1-351. Shama Books, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
  • Edwards, S., Demissew, S. & Hedberg, I. (eds.) (1997). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 6: 1-586. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Govaerts, R. (2000). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS D: 1-30141.
  • Jankalski, S. (2008). Subgenera and new combinations in Dracaena. Sansevieria 18: 17-21.
  • Mwachala, G. & Mbugua, P.K. (2007). Dracaenaceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-43.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Jankalski, S. (2008). Subgenera and new combinations in Dracaena. Sansevieria 18: 17-21.
  • Mwachala, G. & Mbugua, P.K. (2007). Dracaenaceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-43.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Bos in Fl. Eth. & Eritr. 6: 77 (1997).
  • Engl. in E.J. 32: 95 (1902)
  • H. J. Beentje, Kenya Trees, Shrubs and Lianas p. 639, fig. (1994)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Sep 20, 2007 Perdue, R.E.; Kibuwa, S.P. [8259] Kenya K000523067 Yes
Sep 20, 2007 Perdue, R.E.; Kibuwa, S.P. [8259] Kenya K000523068 Yes
Sep 20, 2007 E.R.V. [474] Kenya K000523080 Yes
Sep 20, 2007 Kenfoot, O. [3549] Kenya K000523079 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Glover, P.E.; Samuel [3291] Kenya K000523073 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Gillett, J.B. [13781] Kenya K000523054 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Gillett, J.B. [13781] Kenya K000523058 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Glover, P.E.; Samuel [3216] Kenya K000523072 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Glover, P.E. [3424] Kenya K000523076 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Glover, P.E.; Samuel [3290] Kenya K000523066 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Glover, P.E.; Marinda [3572] Kenya K000523075 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Gillett, J.B. [13781] Kenya K000523055 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Glover, P.E.; Samuel [3216] Kenya K000523071 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Glover, P.E.; Samuel [3290] Kenya K000523064 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Gillett, J.B. [13781] Kenya K000523059 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Dale, I.R. [U.432] Uganda K000523053 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Glover, P.E.; Samuel [3290] Kenya K000523065 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Glover, P.E. [3424] Kenya K000523077 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Glover, P.E.; Samuel [3291] Kenya K000523074 Yes
Jan 1, 1978 Breteler, F.J. [7504] Kenya K000523069 Yes
Jan 1, 1967 Brown, L. [95] Uganda K000523057 Yes
Jan 1, 1967 Thomas, A.S. [Th3254] Uganda K000523052 Yes
Jan 1, 1967 Bally [8412] Kenya K000523060 Yes
Jan 1, 1967 Bogdan, A. [AB2416] Kenya K000523061 Yes
Jan 1, 1967 Brown, L. [95] Uganda K000523056 Yes
Jan 1, 1967 Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [1212] Kenya K000523062 Yes
Hepper, F.N.; Field, D.V. [5078] Kenya K000523063 Yes
Bally, P.R.O. [B. 1086, C.M] Kenya K:SPC-16713.000 No
Bally, P.R.O.; Smith, A.R. [14880] Kenya K:SPC-34557.000 No
Bally [B.1086] Kenya K000523070 Yes
Gillett, J.B. [13781] Kenya K:SPC-02433.000 No
Bally [B.1086] Kenya K000523078 No
Bally, P.R.O. [8412] Kenya K:SPC-15190.000 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

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