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Dracaena sanderiana

Mast. (1892)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Monocots Order: Asparagales Family: Asparagaceae Genus: Dracaena

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Description

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Uses and Culture

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Natural History

Statewide Status

Only found in cultivation

Island Status

Kaua'i Only found in cultivation
O'ahu Only found in cultivation
Hawai'i Only found in cultivation

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Bibliography

Name Published In: Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 11: 731 (1892)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Dracaena sanderiana Kalaheo District; Honua Farms, the garden of Madelene Emerick Growing on a rubbish pile at back of garden. Preserved_Specimen Clump-forming herbaceous plant ca 1.5 m tall; rhizome bright orange; stems slender, leaf bases surrounding stem, well spaced apart, blade uniformly bright green (no varigation); no flowers or any evidence of past flowers seen. Staples, G.W. 495 Kauai BISH 1989-08-28
2 Dracaena sanderiana South Kona District: Captain Cook, Amy B. H. Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden Abandoned garden of a tenant farmer who had leased land from the Greenwell garden for growing coffee until Dec. 1989. Growing in a dense clump in a sunny location; old fallen trees produce plantlets at nodes. Preserved_Specimen Erect ornamental sub-shrub with vivid orange roots; leaves varigated with yellow-white bands. BISH Staff 631 Hawaii BISH 1990-05-19
3 Dracaena sanderiana Honolulu: Nuuanu Valley; 42 Coelho Way In shade, under litchi tree, among Heliconia humilis. Preserved_Specimen Long slender vine-like plant; flowers in close spike 3+ long, peduncle 2 long; flowers 3/4- 2 long; whitish drying reddish. Neal, M.C. Oahu BISH 1958-02-14
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