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Dracaena arborea
Assessment by: Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) & IUCN SSC
Global Tree Specialist Group

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Citation: Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) & IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist
Group. 2019. Dracaena arborea. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019:
e.T147136700A147139952. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-
2.RLTS.T147136700A147139952.en

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Taxonomy
Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family

Plantae Tracheophyta Liliopsida Asparagales Asparagaceae

Taxon Name: Dracaena arborea (Willd.) Link

Synonym(s):
• Aletris arborea Willd.

Taxonomic Source(s):
BGCI. 2018. GlobalTreeSearch online database. Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Richmond,
UK Available at: www.bgci.org/globaltree_search.php.

Assessment Information
Red List Category & Criteria: Least Concern ver 3.1

Year Published: 2019

Date Assessed: June 12, 2018

Justification:
This tree species has a very wide distribution, large population, is not currently experiencing any major
threats and no significant future threats have been identified. This species is therefore assessed as Least
Concern.

Geographic Range
Country Occurrence:
Native: Angola; Cameroon; Central African Republic; Congo; Congo, The Democratic Republic of the;
Côte d'Ivoire; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Ghana; Guinea; Liberia; Nigeria; Sao Tome and Principe; Sierra
Leone; Togo

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Distribution Map
Dracaena arborea

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Population
Current Population Trend: Stable

Habitat and Ecology (see Appendix for additional information)

This species is a tree that can grow up to 30 m tall that occurs in forest often near streams (CBJ 2012).

Systems: Terrestrial

Use and Trade

This species is planted as an ornamental in and around villages and at entrances to sacred places (CBJ
2012).

Credits
Assessor(s): Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) & IUCN SSC Global Tree
Specialist Group

Reviewer(s): Geldenhuys, C.

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Bibliography
BGCI. 2017. GlobalTreeSearch online database. Richmond, U.K. Available at:
https://www.bgci.org/global_tree_search.php. (Accessed: August 2017).

BGCI. 2019. ThreatSearch online database. Richmond, UK Available at:

http://www.bgci.org/threat_search.php. (Accessed: 2019).

BGCI (Botanic Gardens Conservation International). 2019. PlantSearch online database. Richmond, UK
Available at: www.bgci.org/plant_search.php. (Accessed: 2019).

CJB Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève and South African National Biodiversity
Institute. 2012. African Plant Database version 3.4.0. Pretoria Available at: http://www.ville-
ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/. (Accessed: September 2015).

GBIF. 2019. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Available at: https://www.gbif.org. (Accessed: 2019).

IUCN. 2019. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2019-2. Available at: www.iucnredlist.org.
(Accessed: 04 July 2019).

Citation
Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) & IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group. 2019.
Dracaena arborea. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T147136700A147139952.
http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T147136700A147139952.en

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 Appendix

Habitats
(http://www.iucnredlist.org/technical-documents/classification-schemes)

Major
Habitat Season Suitability
Importance?

1. Forest -> 1.6. Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland - Suitable -

Conservation Actions in Place

(http://www.iucnredlist.org/technical-documents/classification-schemes)

Conservation Actions in Place

In-Place Species Management

Subject to ex-situ conservation: Yes

Additional Data Fields

Distribution
Estimated area of occupancy (AOO) (km²): 288.00

Estimated extent of occurrence (EOO) (km²): 5393918.13

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