Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Dracaena braunii
21st June 2021 family changed from Dracaenaceae to Asparagaceae (revised by Patricia Jaramilo & María del Mar Trigo, 2021)
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Liliopsida (= Monocotyledoneae)
Order
Asparagales
Family
Asparagaceae
Genus
Dracaena
Species
braunii
Taxon category: Accepted
Former Syn.: Dracaena sanderiana Sander fide Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew & Missouri Botanical Garden (2010). Dracaena sanderiana and D. braunii are different species (POWO, 2022).
Origin: Introduced - established
Mode of introduction: Intentional
Introduction Pathway: Intentional
Subpathway: Agriculture/Horticulture
Introduced status: Human dependent
Invasive status: Unlikely to become invasive
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Missouri Botanical Garden (eds.) (2013) The Plant List, Version 1.1. Published on the Internet; http://www.theplantlist.org/ (accessed 1st January).
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (2022) Plants of the world online POWO (2022): Plants of the world online. Published on the Internet; Https://powo.science.kew.org/
- Damen, T. Van der Burg, W., Wiland-Szymanska, J & Sosef, M. (2018) Taxonomic novelties in African Dracaena (Dracaenaceae) Damen, T., Van der Burg, W., Wiland-Szymanska, J & Sosef, M. (2018). Taxonomic novelties in African Dracaena (Dracaenaceae). Blumea, 63, 31-53.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Dracaena braunii", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=15745. Accessed 26 August 2025.