Dracaena ballyi is a species of succulent plant native to Kenya and Tanzania.[1] It grows in small rosettes with leaves that have bands of color and sharp tips.[2] Originally collected by Peter Bally in 1963 and long cultivated as a houseplant, it was scientifically described in 2004.[3]
| Dracaena ballyi | |
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| Dracaena ballyi growing at the Meise Botanic Garden | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Asparagaceae |
| Subfamily: | Nolinoideae |
| Genus: | Dracaena |
| Species: | D. ballyi
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| Binomial name | |
| Dracaena ballyi (L.E.Newton) Byng & Christenh.
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Hybrids
editArtificial hybrids with Dracaena parva have been obtained.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Dracaena ballyi". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- ^ Fred Dortort (19 November 2014). The Timber Press Guide to Succulent Plants of the World: A Comprehensive Reference to More than 2000 Species. Timber Press. p. 315. ISBN 978-1-60469-357-7.
- ^ Newton, Leonard E. (2004). "Sansevieria ballyi — a name at last for a long-cultivated plant". British Cactus & Succulent Journal. 22 (1): 10–13. ISSN 0264-3405. JSTOR 42793926.
- ^ Mansfeld, P.A.; Budweg, H.-G. (2015). "Erstbeschreibung von: Sansevieria ballyi x Sansevieria parva hybr. nov". Sansevieria Online. 3 (1): 12–19.