Dracaena ajgal
| Dracaena ajgal | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Asparagaceae |
| Subfamily: | Convallarioideae |
| Genus: | Dracaena |
| Species: | D. ajgal |
| Binomial name | |
| Dracaena ajgal (Benabid & Cuzin) Rivas Mart., Molero Mesa, Marfíl & G.Benítez | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
| Dracaena draco subsp. ajgal Benabid & Cuzin | |
Dracaena ajgal is a species of flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae. It is a tree native to southwestern Morocco. It grows on steep rocky slopes of quarzitic and hard ultramafic rock in the western Anti-Atlas range at approximately 700 metres elevation, in the transition between semi-arid Argania–Olea europaea subsp. maroccana and Mediterranean-climate Quercus rotundifolia–Genista segonnei plant communities.[2]
The species was formerly considered a population of Dracaena draco (dragon's blood tree), which is also native to the Canary Islands. In 1997 it was recognized as a distinct subspecies, and in 2020 Rivas-Martínez et al. identified the Moroccan population as a distinct species.[1]
References
- ^ a b "Dracaena ajgal (Benabid & Cuzin) Rivas Mart., Molero Mesa, Marfíl & G.Benítez". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
- ^ Rivas-Martínez, S., V.M. J. Molero, J.M. Marfíl, & G. Benítez, 2020. Floristic and geobotanical comments concerning Morocco flora. Note 1. Naturalia Cantabricae 8 Special (3): 115-121.