Dracaena umbraculifera

Dracaena umbraculifera
	D. umbraculifera in Burgers Zoo
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Asparagaceae
Subfamily:	Nolinoideae
Genus:	Dracaena
Species:	D. umbraculifera
Binomial name
	Dracaena umbraculifera; Jacq.

Dracaena umbraculifera is a tree species thought to originate from the island nation of Mauritius. This species was considered to be extinct in the wild, with the only living specimens in botanical gardens around the world.[1] Recently, a team researchers at the Missouri Botanical Garden lead efforts to rediscover the species in Madagascar in 2013, following anecdotal evidence found on a Dave's Garden forum post in which user Timrann sought to identify a plant in his collection "Please help me identify this plant [Dracaena umbraculifera]. It grows in N-East of Madagascar in an island called Ste Marie, Illes Aux Nattes".[2] After surveying trips to Île Sainte-Marie the team of researchers located five wild populations confirmed to be D. umbraculifera by microsatellite genotyping and morphology.[3]

References

"A Botanical Mystery Solved by Phylogenetic Testing". Missouri Botanical Garden.
"Dracaena or Yucca ???". Dave's Garden. 2007-01-28. Archived from the original on 2018-04-22.
Edwards, Christine E.; Bassüner, Burgund; Birkinshaw, Chris; Camara, Christian; Lehavana, Adolphe; Lowry, Porter P.; Miller, James S.; Wyatt, Andrew; Jackson, Peter Wyse (January 2018). "A botanical mystery solved by phylogenetic analysis of botanical garden collections: the rediscovery of the presumed-extinct Dracaena umbraculifera". Oryx. 52 (3): 427–436. doi:10.1017/S0030605317001570. ISSN 0030-6053.

External links

Photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in Madagascar in 2015

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[1] "A Botanical Mystery Solved by Phylogenetic Testing". Missouri Botanical Garden.

[2] "Dracaena or Yucca ???". Dave's Garden. 2007-01-28. Archived from the original on 2018-04-22.

[3] Edwards, Christine E.; Bassüner, Burgund; Birkinshaw, Chris; Camara, Christian; Lehavana, Adolphe; Lowry, Porter P.; Miller, James S.; Wyatt, Andrew; Jackson, Peter Wyse (January 2018). "A botanical mystery solved by phylogenetic analysis of botanical garden collections: the rediscovery of the presumed-extinct Dracaena umbraculifera". Oryx. 52 (3): 427–436. doi:10.1017/S0030605317001570. ISSN 0030-6053.