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Dracaena fragrans (L.) Ker Gawl.

tronco de Brasil, drácena, palmillo, corn plant

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
fragrans

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Dracaena deremensis Engl.; Syn.: Aletris fragrans L.

Origin: Introduced - established

Introduction

Year of first record: 2002

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

  • CONABIO (2009) Catálogo taxonómico de especies de México. Cap. nat. México 1.
  • Davidse, G. Sousa, S.M. & Chater, A.O. (1994) Alismataceae a Cyperaceae. Fl. Mesoamer. 6: i–xvi, 1–543.
  • Grayum, M.H. (2003) Dracaenaceae. In: Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica, B.E. Hammel, M.H. Grayum, C. Herrera & N. Zamora (eds.). Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 92: 566–568.
  • Guézou, A. Trueman, M., Buddenhagen, E., Chamorro, S., Guerrero, A.M., Pozo, P., Atkinson, R. (2010) An extensive Alien Plan Inventory from the Inhabited Areas of Galapagos Plos One/ www.plosone.org. Volume 5/ Issue 4/e10276
  • Jørgensen, P.M. León-Yánez, S. (eds.) (1999) Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 75. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis, 1181 pp.
  • Tropicos.org. (2017) Database of Missouri Botanical Garden. Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 06 Oct 2017 <http://www.tropicos.org

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"Galapagos Species Database, Dracaena fragrans", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=1879. Accessed 4 November 2026.