Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Dracaena braunii Engl.

21st June 2021 family changed from Dracaenaceae to Asparagaceae (revised by Patricia Jaramilo & María del Mar Trigo, 2021)

Taxonomy

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

Introduction

Mode of introduction: Intentional

Introduction Pathway: Intentional

Subpathway: Agriculture/Horticulture

Introduced status: Human dependent

Invasive status: Unlikely to become invasive

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

References

  • 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.