Dracaena reflexaLam.

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WFO wfo-0000765906 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Dracaena reflexa, photographed by gailo
fig. a gailo, CC0 1.0 / 2018-03-14 / obs. 14204848
Dracaena reflexa, photographed by Stuart Cable
fig. b Stuart Cable, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 14027715
Dracaena reflexa, photographed by Michael A. Alcorn
fig. c Michael A. Alcorn, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 12842873
Dracaena reflexa, photographed by Julien Renoult
fig. d Julien Renoult, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 31355445
Dracaena reflexa, photographed by Ben
fig. e Ben, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 200241968
Dracaena reflexa, photographed by Ben
fig. f Ben, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 165642070
Dracaena reflexa, photographed by Pieter Huybrechts
fig. g Pieter Huybrechts, CC0 1.0 / obs. 50502113
Dracaena reflexa, photographed by Norman Douglas
fig. h Norman Douglas, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 41361588

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Native range 9 botanical countries

Regions where Dracaena reflexa is native: Aldabra, Chagos Archipelago, Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, Réunion, Rodrigues, Seychelles MadagascarMozambique AldabraChagos ArchipelagoComorosMauritiusRéunionRodriguesSeychelles
Native distribution of Dracaena reflexa, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Aldabra ALD AFRICA
Chagos Archipelago CGS
Comoros COM
Madagascar MDG
Mauritius MAU
Mozambique MOZ
Réunion REU
Rodrigues ROD
Seychelles SEY

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 27 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Cordyline cernua (Jacq.) Endl.
  • Cordyline marginata (Lam.) Endl.
  • Cordyline reflexa (Lam.) Endl.
  • Cordyline salicifolia Göpp.
  • Dracaena bakeri Scott Elliot
  • Dracaena candelaria Planch.
  • Dracaena cernua Jacq.
  • Dracaena divaricata Willd. ex Regel
  • Dracaena flexuosa Regel
  • Dracaena gracilis Salisb.
  • Dracaena marginata Lam.
  • Dracaena reflexa var. brevifolia Baker
  • Dracaena reflexa var. cernua (Jacq.) Baker
  • Dracaena salicifolia Regel
  • Dracaena tessellata Willd.
  • Draco marginata (Lam.) Kuntze
  • Draco reflexa (Lam.) Kuntze
  • Lomatophyllum cernuum (Jacq.) Bojer
  • Lomatophyllum reflexum (Lam.) Bojer
  • Lomatophyllum tessellatum Bojer
  • Pleomele bakeri (Scott Elliot) N.E.Br.
  • Pleomele linearifolia (Ayres ex Baker) N.E.Br.
  • Pleomele marginata (Lam.) N.E.Br.
  • Pleomele melleri N.E.Br.

and 3 more.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. USDA PLANTS Database. common name, checklist symbol DRMA8. public domain. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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