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Internal ID UUID644025f186e09536080819
Scientific name Dracaena reflexa
Authority Lam.
First published in Encycl. 2: 324 (1786)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Lomatophyllum reflexum (Lam.) Bojer Hortus Maurit. : 349 (1837)
Pleomele reflexa (Lam.) N.E.Br. Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 279 (1914)
Cordyline reflexa (Lam.) Endl. Cat. Horti Vindob. 1: 148 (1842)
Dracaena reflexa var. cernua (Jacq.) Baker J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14(no. 79): 531. 1875 [24 Apr 1875]
Draco reflexa (Lam.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 710 (1891)
Dracaena reflexa var. brevifolia Baker J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14(no. 79): 531. 1875 [24 Apr 1875]

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Language Common/alternative name
Arabic أيدع منعكس
Persian درخت گلبانگ هند
Persian دراسینا مارگیناتا
Finnish sirotraakkipuu
French bois de chandelle
Hebrew דרקונית מופשלת
Indonesian nyanyian dari india
Indonesian nyanyian india
Indonesian suji naga
Lithuanian pleomelė
Malayalam ഡ്രസീന റിഫ്ലെക്സ
Polish dracena odwrócona
Russian Драцена отогнутая
Swedish guldbandsdracena
Chinese 百合竹

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Dracaena reflexa var. angustifolia Baker J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 531 (1875)
Dracaena reflexa var. bakeri (Scott Elliot) H.Perrier Notul. Syst. (Paris) 5: 97 (1936)
Dracaena reflexa var. lanceolata H.Perrier Notul. Syst. (Paris) 5: 102 (1936)
Dracaena reflexa var. linearifolia Ayres ex Baker J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 531 (1875)
Dracaena reflexa var. reflexa Unknown
Dracaena reflexa var. salicifolia (Regel) Baker J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 531 (1875)
Dracaena reflexa var. subcapitata H.Perrier Notul. Syst. (Paris) 5: 99 (1936)

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  • Africa
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Mozambique
    • West-central Tropical Africa
      • Central African Republic
    • Western Indian Ocean
      • Aldabra
      • Chagos Archipelago
      • Comoros
      • Madagascar
      • Mauritius
      • Rodrigues
      • Réunion
      • Seychelles

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000765906
USDA Plants DRRE6
Tropicos 18401001
INPN 448459
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:534338-1
The Plant List kew-304786
Open Tree Of Life 451557
NCBI Taxonomy 475752
IUCN Red List 68150169
IPNI 534338-1
iNaturalist 126510
GBIF 5304436
Freebase /m/0cnkvd
EPPO DRNRE
EOL 1087679
USDA GRIN 14644
Wikipedia Dracaena_reflexa

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Do Native and Alien Species Differ in Their Ecological Strategies? A Test with Woody Plants in Tropical Rainforests on Réunion Island (Mascarene Archipelago, Indian Ocean) Heymans L, Meyer JY, Ah-Peng C, Ethève Q, Flores O, Lavergne C, Mallet B, Parlevliet H, Strasberg D, Pouteau R Plants (Basel) 27-Nov-2023
PMCID:PMC10708162
doi:10.3390/plants12233990
PMID:38068626
The First AAU International Conference on Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences N/A BMC Proc 05-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10552187
doi:10.1186/s12919-023-00276-9
PMID:37794446
The combined rhizoremediation by a triad: plant-microorganism-functional materials Chojnacka K, Moustakas K, Mikulewicz M Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 21-Jul-2023
PMCID:PMC10439854
doi:10.1007/s11356-023-28755-8
PMID:37477813
Do carbon stocks and floristic diversity of tropical homegardens vary along an elevational gradient and based on holding size in central Kerala, India? Kumar BM Agrofor Syst 07-Apr-2023
PMCID:PMC10081327
doi:10.1007/s10457-023-00821-7
PMID:37193256
Plant-Derived Bioactive Compounds in the Management of Neurodegenerative Disorders: Challenges, Future Directions and Molecular Mechanisms Involved in Neuroprotection Shoaib S, Ansari MA, Fatease AA, Safhi AY, Hani U, Jahan R, Alomary MN, Ansari MN, Ahmed N, Wahab S, Ahmad W, Yusuf N, Islam N Pharmaceutics 23-Feb-2023
PMCID:PMC10057544
doi:10.3390/pharmaceutics15030749
PMID:36986610
Natural Cellulose from Ziziphus jujuba Fibers: Extraction and Characterization Amior A, Satha H, Laoutid F, Toncheva A, Dubois P Materials (Basel) 31-Dec-2022
PMCID:PMC9821990
doi:10.3390/ma16010385
PMID:36614725
Monitoring and assessment of Dracaena-based constructed vertical flow wetlands treating textile dye wastewater Muduli M, Choudhary M, Haldar S, Ray S Environ Monit Assess 05-Sep-2022
PMCID:PMC9444094
doi:10.1007/s10661-022-10415-y
PMID:36064995
RE-EVALUATION OF SYMPOVENTURIACEAE Wei TP, Zhang H, Zeng XY, Crous PW, Jiang YL Persoonia 17-Jun-2022
PMCID:PMC10792283
doi:10.3767/persoonia.2023.48.07
PMID:38234692
Phytochemical Profiling, In Vitro Biological Activities, and In Silico Molecular Docking Studies of Dracaena reflexa Ghalloo BA, Khan KU, Ahmad S, Aati HY, Al-Qahtani JH, Ali B, Mukhtar I, Hussain M, Shahzad MN, Ahmed I Molecules 28-Jan-2022
PMCID:PMC8838819
doi:10.3390/molecules27030913
PMID:35164177
β-Caryophyllene: A Single Volatile Component of n-Hexane Extract of Dracaena cinnabari Resin Al-Fatimi M Molecules 26-Oct-2020
PMCID:PMC7663285
doi:10.3390/molecules25214939
PMID:33114517
Venturiales Shen M, Zhang JQ, Zhao LL, Groenewald JZ, Crous PW, Zhang Y Stud Mycol 09-Apr-2020
PMCID:PMC7452091
doi:10.1016/j.simyco.2020.03.001
PMID:32904190
Planting position and shade enhance native seedling performance in forest restoration for an endangered malagasy plant Miandrimanana C, Reid JL, Rivoharison T, Birkinshaw C Plant Divers 27-Sep-2018
PMCID:PMC6520487
doi:10.1016/j.pld.2018.09.005
PMID:31193151
Adhesive Leaf Created by a Corona Discharge Lee W, Son J, Kim S, Yang D, Choi S, Watanabe RA, Hwang KS, Lee SW, Lee G, Yoon DS Sci Rep 29-Jan-2018
PMCID:PMC5788921
doi:10.1038/s41598-018-19328-8
PMID:29379026
Automated classification of tropical shrub species: a hybrid of leaf shape and machine learning approach Murat M, Chang SW, Abu A, Yap HJ, Yong KT PeerJ 12-Sep-2017
PMCID:PMC5600178
doi:10.7717/peerj.3792
PMID:28924506
Biomechanics of selected arborescent and shrubby monocotyledons Masselter T, Haushahn T, Fink S, Speck T Beilstein J Nanotechnol 07-Nov-2016
PMCID:PMC5238658
doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.154
PMID:28144511

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