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Dracaena draco, the Canary Islands dragon tree or drago, [4] is a subtropical tree in the genus Dracaena, native to the Canary Islands, Cape Verde, Madeira, western Morocco, and possibly introduced into the Azores. [5] It was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1762 as Asparagus draco. [3] [6] In 1767 he assigned it to the new genus, Dracaena ...
Dracaena (/ d r ə ˈ s iː n ə / [2]) is a genus of about 200 species of trees and succulent shrubs. [3] The formerly accepted genera Pleomele and Sansevieria are now included in Dracaena . In the APG IV classification system , it is placed in the family Asparagaceae , [ 4 ] subfamily Nolinoideae (formerly the family Ruscaceae).
It was first named Pterocarpus draco, but in 1880 the Scottish botanist Isaac Bayley Balfour made a formal description of the species and renamed it as Dracaena cinnabari. [7] Of between 60 and 100 Dracaena species, D. cinnabari is one of only six species that grow as a tree.
Dragon's blood tree is a common name for several plants and may refer to: Dracaena cinnabari, native to Socotra; Dracaena draco, native to the Canary Islands, Cape Verde, Madeira and Morocco; Harungana madagascariensis, native from South Africa to Sudan
It is the largest and oldest living specimen of Dracaena draco (common name dragon tree). [1] It is in Parque del Drago, Icod de los Vinos in Tenerife. [2] It is around 20–21 metres (66–69 ft) tall, [1] with a circumference around 20 metres (66 ft). It has over 300 main branches.
Dracaena aletriformis. Dracaena acaulis Baker; Dracaena acutissima Hua; Dracaena adamii Hepper; Dracaena aethiopica (Thunb.) Byng & Christenh. Dracaena afromontana Mildbr.; Dracaena ajgal (Benabid & Cuzin) Rivas Mart., Molero Mesa, Marfíl & G.Benítez