Dracaena draco | |
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The ancient specimen El Drago Milenario at Icod de los Vinos, Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Asparagaceae |
Subfamily: | Nolinoideae |
Genus: | Dracaena |
Species: | D. draco
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Binomial name | |
Dracaena draco | |
Synonyms[3] | |
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Dracaena draco, the Canary Islands dragon tree or drago,[4] is a subtropical tree in the genus Dracaena, native to the Canary Islands, Cape Verde, Madeira, western Morocco, and possibly introduced into the Azores.[5]
It was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1762 as Asparagus draco.[3][6] In 1767 he assigned it to the new genus, Dracaena.[3][7]
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