1. Dracaena ascendens (Newton 2010a: 19) Byng & Christenhusz (2018: 64) var. bhwirei (Webb & Newton 2019a: 22) Takawira-Nyenya & Thiede comb. nov.

Basionym:— Sansevieria ascendens var. bhwirei R.H.Webb in Sansevieria 40: 22 (2019a).

Type:— KENYA: near Tarassa, in the Tana River delta area, lat. 2.443869° S, long. 40.169634° E, elev. 11 m, s.d., [B.] Bhitala 1017 ( holotype MO n.v.) .

Note:—According to the protologue, this taxon is smaller in all respects than var. ascendens and solely known from its type locality which is geographically not separated from the latter.