Dracaena congoensis Hua

Damen, T. H. J., Burg, W. J. van der, Wiland-Szymańska, J. & Sosef, M. S. M., 2018, Taxonomic novelties in African Dracaena (Dracaenaceae), Blumea 63 (1), pp. 31-53 : 36

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scientific name	Dracaena congoensis Hua
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8. Dracaena congoensis Hua View in CoL — Map 8 View Map 8

Dracaena congoensis Hua (1897) View in CoL 668. — Type: Thollon s.n. (holo P ( P00442278 ); iso K-drawing & fragment ( K000255935 ), WAG-fragment ( WAG0010776 About WAG )), Republic of the Congo, Forêt de Mayumba , 1890–1891.

Dracaena cuspidibracteata Engl. (1902) View in CoL 96. — Type: Zenker 1616 (holo B (B_10_0160844); iso BM, COI, E, G, GOET, HBG, K, L, M, MO, P, PRE, S, WAG, WU, Z), Cameroon, Bipindi, 22 Dec.1897, syn. nov.

Distribution — Guinea, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Note — Dracaena cuspidibracteata was described from a plant that fits well the inflorescence and leaf shape character- istics of D. congoensis . In the protologue, Engler compared D. cuspidibracteata only with D. fragrans and we assume he had not seen any material of D. congoensis when describing his new species.