Dracaena laxissima Engl.
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https://doi.org/10.3767/blumea.2018.63.01.05 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/611E5F3A-152A-C47E-FFFC-14CEED0FFB6A |
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Felipe |
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Dracaena laxissima Engl. |
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12. Dracaena laxissima Engl. View in CoL — Map 12
Dracaena laxissima Engl. (1892) 478. — Type: Pogge 1462 (holo B (B_10_ 0160916)), Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mukenge, 18 Feb. 1882.
Dracaena bequaertii De Wild. (1921) 37. — Type: Bequaert 6322 (holo BR ( BR0000008808493 )), Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mukule-Mokoto , 19 Dec. 1914, syn. nov.
Dracaena thomensis Dandy in sched.
Map 11 Distribution of Dracaena haemanthoides Bos ex Damen.
Distribution — Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Sao Tome and Principe, Gabon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Burundi, Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique.
Notes — Dracaena bequaertii was described from a lianescent plant with a shorter inflorescence than the typical D. laxissima , but otherwise fits that species’ morphology. From study- ing a large number of herbarium collections, it appears that the inflorescence length in D. laxissima can vary between 5 and 50 cm, and hence we do not recognise D. bequaertii as a distinct taxon.
Dracaena thomensis was encountered as a name written on the identification slip mounted on the specimen Quintas 1, deposited in K (K000255924). The name does not seem to have been formally published.
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