What we know and what we do not know about dragon trees?
Authors:
- Petr Maděra,
- Alan Forrest,
- Pavel Hanáček,
- Petr Vahalík,
- Roman Gebauer,
- Roman Plichta,
- Radek Jupa,
- Julian Jansen Van Rensburg,
- Miranda Morris,
- Nadezhda Nadezhdina,
- Lucie Vaníčková,
- Joanna Jura-Morawiec,
- Justyna Ewa Wiland-Szymańska,
- Hana Kalivodová,
- Klára Lengálová,
- Martin Rejžek,
- Hana Habrová
Abstract
This article is a broad review focused on dragon trees-one of the most famous groups of trees in the world, well known from ancient times. These tertiary relicts are severely endangered in most of the area where they grow. The characteristic features of the dragon tree group are described and the species belonging to this group are listed. This review gathers together current knowledge regarding the taxonomy, evolution, anatomy and morphology, physiology, and ontogeny of arborescent dragon tree species. Attention is also paid to the composition, harvesting, medicinal, and ethnobotanical use of the resin (dragons' blood). An evaluation of population structure, distribution, ecology, threats, and nature conservation forms the final part of the review. In the conclusions we recommend further avenues of research that will be needed to effectively protect all dragon tree species. © 2020 by the authors.
- Record ID
- UAM3966cdf362c34456a2150208fc806c9d
- Author
- Journal series
- Forests, ISSN 1999-4907
- Issue year
- 2020
- Vol
- 11
- No
- 2
- Pages
- 1-34
- Article number
- 236
- Keywords in English
- Anatomy; Arborescent form; Distribution; Dracaena; Dragon tree group; Ecology; Ecophysiology; Ethnobotany; Morphology; Nature conservation; Taxonomy; Threat; Conservation; Ecology; Morphology; Physiology; Taxonomies, Anatomy; Distribution; Dracaena; Dragon tree group; Ecophysiology; Ethnobotany; Threat, Forestry, anatomy; arboreal species; ecophysiology; ethnobotany; forest dynamics; geographical distribution; nature conservation; population structure; taxonomy, Anatomy; Conservation; Distribution; Dracaena; Ecology; Physiology
- ASJC Classification
- DOI
- DOI:10.3390/f11020236 Opening in a new tab
- URL
- https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85081131179&doi=10.3390%2ff11020236&partnerID=40&md5=4b8c1de7df81ef52ebb072bfddce6a97 Opening in a new tab
- Language
- (en) English
- Score (nominal)
- 100
- Score source
- journalList
- Score
- = 100.0, 21-05-2022, ArticleFromJournal
- Publication indicators
- = 15; : 2018 = 0.943; : 2018 (2 years) = 2.116 - 2018 (5 years) =2.453
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- https://researchportal.amu.edu.pl/info/article/UAM3966cdf362c34456a2150208fc806c9d/
- URN
urn:amu-prod:UAM3966cdf362c34456a2150208fc806c9d
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