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Dracaena deremensis cvs.

Striped Dracaena

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Striped Dracaena, Striped Pleomele, Jenny Craig Dracaena

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE e.Africa

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Introduced - Recent, Not naturalised; Land, lowlands

SIGNIFICANCE LIST: Ornamental leaves

KEY FEATURES: A branching shrub to 4m with terminal clusters of long leaves with one or two central white stripes or two marginal white stripes. LEAVES linear, 70x5cm, dark green, with one or two white stripes; without petioles. FLOWERS cylindrical cluster; perianth tube dark red, white inside. cv 'Warneckii Roehrs Gold' pale green central panel outlined with fine white stripes. Ther are serveral other cultivars.

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Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: Present Makatea:
RR	MG	AT	MK	MT	AK	PL	TK	MN
	-	-						-

Northern Group:
TN	MH	RK	PK	NS	SW
+			-

Key to Symbols

blank	no data
-	absent	L	localised
X	extinct 'naturally'	W	widespread
XQi	quarantine intercepted	R	recent
XQe	eradicated	?	query preceding category
P	present	T?	taxonomic query
S	seasonal	nn	present, said to have no name
O	occasional	?1	present, name not investigated
++++	very common	?2	presence not verified, no name recorded
+++	common	N/A	absent, name not expected
++	uncommon
+	rare
Cook Islands islands: RR =Rarotonga, MG = Mangaia, AT =‘Ātiu, MK=Ma‘uke, MT=Miti‘āro, AK=Aitutaki, PL=Palmerston, PN=Penrhyn, MN=Manuae, TK=Takūtea, TN=Tongareva (TS=Tongaleva Spoken, TW=Tongareva Written, they say "el" but write "r"), MH=Manihiki, RK=Rakahanga, PK=Pukapuka, NS=Nassau, SW=Suwarrow. After a Polynesian name: ^=orthography query. Countries and other: FIJ=Fiji, WT=Wallis & Futuna, SAM=Samoa, TON=Tonga, NIU=Niue, CK=Cook Islands, CKM=Cook Islands Māori, FP=French Polynesia, AUS=Australs, SOC=Societies, TAH=Tahiti, TUA=Tuamotus, MQS=Marquesas, MNG=Mangareva, PIT=Pitcain group, EAS=Easter Island, HAW=Hawai‘i, NZ=New Zealand, NZM=New Zealand Māori

Scientific Taxonomy

Dracaena deremensis cvs. Engl.
SYNONYMS: Pleomele deremensis

TAXONOMY: PLANTAE; ANTHOPHYTA (=Angiospermae); LILIOPSIDA (=Monocotyledones); LILIIDAE; Liliales; DRACAENACEAE. COMMENT: Formerly AGAVACEAE

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
None Recorded.

References:
p.206 Neal - In Gardens of Hawaii
p.398 Hortus 3rd
p.382 Royal Hort. Soc. Index of Garden Plants
p.581 Tropica

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB03a, zM03a

Web Resources

Citation Information

McCormack, Gerald (2007) Cook Islands Biodiversity Database, Version 2007.2. Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust, Rarotonga. Online at http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org.
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