Dracaena draco

Dracaena draco
	The ancient specimen El Drago Milenario at Icod de los Vinos, Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain)
Conservation status
	; Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Asparagaceae
Subfamily:	Nolinoideae
Genus:	Dracaena
Species:	D. draco
Binomial name
	Dracaena draco; (L.) L.
Synonyms
	Palma draco (L.) Mill. ; Asparagus draco L. ; Dracaena resinifera Salisb. ; Draco arbor Garsault ; Draco draco (L.) Linding. ; Draco dragonalis Crantz ; Drakaina draco (L.) Raf. ; Stoerkia draco (L.) Crantz ; Yucca draco (L.) Carrière ;

Dracaena draco, the Canary Islands dragon tree or drago, is a subtropical tree in the genus Dracaena, native to the Canary Islands, Cape Verde, Madeira, western Morocco, and possibly introduced into the Azores.

It was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1762 as Asparagus draco. In 1767 he assigned it to the new genus, Dracaena.

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