Dracaena ascendens ( Newton 2010a: 19 ) Byng & Christenhusz (2018: 64) var. bhwirei ( Webb & Newton 2019a: 22 ) Takawira-Nyenya & Thiede, 2021

Takawira-Nyenya, Ratidzayi, Thiede, Joachim & Mucina, Ladislav, 2021, New nomenclatural and taxonomic adjustments in Dracaena (Asparagaceae), Phytotaxa 524 (4), pp. 293-300 : 294

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.524.4.5
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5692253
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/6131C40D-FF8C-FFB8-FF1B-ED25FC0BFB98
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Dracaena ascendens ( Newton 2010a: 19 ) Byng & Christenhusz (2018: 64) var. bhwirei ( Webb & Newton 2019a: 22 ) Takawira-Nyenya & Thiede
status	comb. nov.

Treatment

1. Dracaena ascendens ( Newton 2010a: 19) Byng & Christenhusz (2018: 64) var. bhwirei ( Webb & Newton 2019a: 22) Takawira-Nyenya & Thiede View in CoL comb. nov.

Basionym:— Sansevieria ascendens var. bhwirei R.H.Webb View in CoL in Sansevieria 40: 22 (2019a).

Type:— KENYA: near Tarassa , in the Tana River delta area, lat. 2.443869° S, long. 40.169634° E, elev. 11 m, s.d., [ B.] Bhitala 1017 GoogleMaps ( holotype MO n.v.) .

Note:—According to the protologue, this taxon is smaller in all respects than var. ascendens and solely known from its type locality which is geographically not separated from the latter.