Higher Classification: > Kingdom Plantae > Division Tracheophyta > Subdivision Spermatophytina > Class Magnoliopsida > Superorder Lilianae > Order Asparagales > Family Asparagaceae > Genus Dracaena

Dracaena draco (L.) L.

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Dracaena*	Vand. ex L.	accepted genus name
*Draco*	Crantz	homotypic synonym
*Drakaina*	Raf.	heterotypic synonym
*Nemampsis*	Raf.	heterotypic synonym
*Oedera*	Crantz	heterotypic synonym
*Pleomele*	Salisb.	heterotypic synonym
*Stoerkia*	Crantz	heterotypic synonym
*Terminalis*	Medik.	heterotypic synonym

Species group names

*Asparagus draco*	L.	basionym
*Asparagus draco*	L.	homotypic synonym
*Dracaena resinifera*	Salisb.	homotypic synonym; nom. superfl.
*Draco arbor*	Garsault	homotypic synonym
*Draco draco*	(L.) Linding.	homotypic synonym; nom. inval.
*Draco dragonalis*	Crantz	homotypic synonym; nom. illeg.
*Drakaina draco*	(L.) Raf.	homotypic synonym
*Palma draco*	(L.) Mill.	homotypic synonym
*Stoerkia draco*	(L.) Crantz	homotypic synonym
*Yucca draco*	(L.) Carrière	homotypic synonym

Children

Dracaena draco (L.) L. subsp. draco
Dracaena draco subsp. ajgal Benabid & Cuzin

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Catalan: arbre de la sang de drago; dracena; drago; dragó; drago de Canàries sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).

English-United States: Canary Islands Dragon Tree sources: english PESI focal point

Euskera: herensuge-zuhaitz sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).

German: Drachenbaum; Kanarischer Drachenbaum sources: Schönfelder, P. & I. Schönfelder: Die Kosmos-Kanarenflora. Über 850 Arten der Kanarenflora und 48 tropische Ziergehölze. - Kosmos.1997.;german PESI focal point

Lithuanian: tikroji dracena sources: Lithuanian PESI focal point

Portuguese: arbore dragâo; dragoeira; dragoeiro; dragoneiro sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).

Russian: драконовое дерево sources: Russian PESI focal point

Slovenian: zmajevec sources: Slovenian PESI focal point

Spanish, Castillian: árbol de la sangre de drago; árbol del drago; árbol Gerión; drago; drago canario; drago de África; drago de Canarias; dragonal; dragonero sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).