Dracaena umbraculifera
The story
This tree has a remarkable story! Once thought to be extinct, Dracaena umbraculifera was rediscovered in botanical gardens, leading to an exciting conservation effort. In 2011, researchers began cloning the tree and planting it back in its native Mauritius, showing how nature can be revived with care and dedication.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org
- Family
- Asparagaceae
About
Dracaena umbraculifera is a species of flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae. It is a tree that was only known from botanical gardens since the end of the 18th century, the original sample was labelled as originating from the island nation of Mauritius. It was declared to be extinct by the IUCN in 1997. This was clearly incorrect, as there are living specimens in botanical gardens around the world. Searches on Mauritius failed to find any trees, however, so it was thought that the IUCN probably should have more correctly assessed the species as 'extinct in the wild'. As such a team of researchers at the Missouri Botanical Garden decided to 'reintroduce' the species back to Mauritius in 2011, clones were propagated by cuttings and planted out in Mauritius in 2012.
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Dracaena umbraculifera
- Slug
- dracaena-umbraculifera
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Asparagaceae
- Genus
- Dracaena
- Species
- umbraculifera
- Wikidata QID
- Q3038477
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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