Dracaena neobella N.Wei, Mwachala, G.W.Hu & Q.F.Wang, nom. nov.

Replaced synonym:

Sansevieria bella L.E.Newton, Cact. Succ. J. 72(4): 224 (2000).

Dracaena bella (L.E.Newton) Byng & Christenh., Global Fl. 4: 65 (2018), nom. illeg.

Type: — KENYA, Narok District, 24 km NW of Ewaso Ngiro jct., elev. 2027m, ca. 1°00′S, 35°37′E, 23 Nov. 1991, L.E.Newton 3945 (holotype (Figure 1): K, first sheet: K000255823!, second sheet: K000255824!, third sheet: K000255825 !; isotypes: EA [EA000002621!, EA000002216!])

Etymology: —The specific epithet “ neobella ” is adopted to maintain conformity with the first name Sansevieria bella .

Other specimens examined: — KENYA, Narok District, 4.4 km south-west of Ewaso Ngiro junction, 1°11′S, 35°90′E, 21 Aug. 1999, L.E. Newton 5689 (paratypes: EA!) ; Kajiado District, Oloyiangalani, Kojonga Gorge, ca. 1800 m alt, 1°46′S, 36°41′E, 20 Jan. 1996, L.E. Newton & A. Foresti 5559 (paratypes: EA!, K!); ca. 30 km south of “Corner Baridi”, ca. 1740 m alt, ca. 1°41′S, 36°44′E, 6 Sep. 1998, L.E. Newton 5658 (paratypes:EA!, K!) . TANZANIA, Iringa, northeastern border of Udzvunga National Park, R.K.Brummitt & R.M.Polhill 13607 (K n.v.) ; Iringa, Ruaha National Park, H.M.Richards 26378 (K!) .

Distribution: —Southern Kenya, central Tanzania. Apart from the Tanzanian voucher specimens cited above, six living cultivation records from Tanzania have been reported by Micarelli (2020).