Dracaena draco
| 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: | Convallarioideae |
| Genus: | Dracaena |
| Species: | D. draco
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| Binomial name | |
| Dracaena draco (L.) L.
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Dracaena draco, the Canary Islands dragon tree or drago, is a subtropical tree in the genus Dracaena, native to Macaronesia archipelago (the Canary Islands, Cape Verde, and Madeira; possibly introduced in the Azores) and northwestern mainland Africa.
It was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1762 as Asparagus draco. In 1767 he assigned it to the new genus, Dracaena.