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Dracaena hookeriana

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Neotype of Dracaena latifolia Regel [family DRACAENACEAE]
Dracaena hookeriana K.Koch
Dracaena hookeriana K.Koch
Dracaena hookeriana K.Koch
Dracaena hookeriana K.Koch
Dracaena hookeriana K.Koch
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Name

Identification
Dracaena hookeriana K.Koch [family DRACAENACEAE ]
Related name
  • Dracaena hookeriana

Flora

Entry for Dracaena aletriformis (Haw.) Bos [family DRACAENACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical East Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical East Africa, page 1, (2007) Author: Geoffrey Mwachala & Paul Mbugua
Names
Dracaena aletriformis (Haw.) Bos [family DRACAENACEAE], in F.S.A. 5, 3: 3 (1992); K.T.S.L: 639 (1994). Type: South Africa, Cape, Uitenhage, van Stadens R., Drège 4494a (K!, neo., G, MO, P, isoneo.), chosen by Bos
Yucca aletriformis Haw. [family AGAVACEAE], in Phil. Mag. Ann. 1832: 415 (1831)
Cordyline rumphii Hook. [family AGAVACEAE], in Bot. Mag. 3rd ser., 3: t. 4279 (1847) pro parte, quoad descr. excl. syn., nom. illeg . Type: t. 4279 (lecto.), chosen by Bos
Dracaena hookeriana K.Koch [family DRACAENACEAE], in Wochenschr. Gartn. Pflanzenk. 4: 394 (1861); Baker in J.L.S., Bot. 14: 527 (1875) & Fl. Cap. 6: 275 (1896); Coates Palgrave, Trees S Afr.: 86 (1977), nom. illeg . Type as for Cordyline rumphii
Pleomele hookeriana (K.Koch) N.E.Br. [family DRACAENACEAE], in K.B. 1914, 8: 278 (1914)
Information
Small tree 3–5 m high; stem erect, branched. Leaves congested towards branch ends, narrowly to broadly strap-shaped, the oldest ones pendent, sessile, 25–100 cm long, 2.5–11 cm wide, with a scarious edge ± 1 mm wide; base sheathing, apex acute, tapering gradually into a filiform tip. Inflorescence erect, paniculate, 0.2–1.5 m long; flowers in groups of 1–4, more in terminal clusters; pedicel 5–10 mm long, articulated above the middle. Flowers greenish white, sometimes flushed with pink, 19–35(–42) mm long; tube 7–12 mm long, lobes 12–20 mm long, 1.5–2 mm wide, lobes ± 1.5≈as long as the tube. Fruit orange or red, usually globose and single-seeded, sometimes lobed and 2–3-seeded, 7–19 mm in diameter; seed dirty white, ovoid, 5–10 mm long, 8–12 mm wide.
Range
DISTR. K 7; Z
Altitude range
50–300 m
Distribution
KENYA Kilifi District Rabai, Apr. 1963, Verdcourt 3606! & Kaya Kambe, July 1987, Robertson & Luke 4781!KENYA Kwale District Mrima Hill, 2 Feb. 1989, Schmidt 1712!TANZANIA Zanzibar, 1852, Boivin s.n.!
Distribution (external)
Mozambique
South Africa
Notes
USES. None recorded. CONSERVATION Rather uncommon in our area; its habitat, bushland on coral rag, is under threat from human settlements.

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