Accession Data

Dracaena angolensis

Common Name: African Spear

Family: Asparagaceae

Synonym(s): Sansevieria angolensis Welw. ex Carrière

Country of Origin: Angola, Zambia

Accession Data

Accession #: 201900420

Accession Date: 2019-11-20 00:00:00

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 1104

Quantity: 2

Source: M. Opel, CCSS swap

Provenance:

Rcvd as Sansevieria angolensis
Matt Opel, leaf cutting from CCSS swap

Classification

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Liliopsida

Subclass: monocots

Order: Asparagales

Family: Asparagaceae

SubFamily: Nolinoideae

Tribe: Dracaeneae

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2025
2024

References

  1. Newton, L.E. 2001. Illustrated Handbook of Succulent Plants: Monocotyledons. U. Eggli, ed. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
  2. WCSP (2019) as Dracaena angolensis . World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Wednesday, 04 December, 2019.
  3. Angiosperm Phylogeny Website at MoBot. Last accessed on Tuesday, 03 December, 2019.
  4. Getting to Know Sansevieria at In Defense of Plants. Last accessed on Monday, 20 January, 2020.

Images

Dracaena angolensis