Dracaena neobella N.Wei, Mwachala, G.W.Hu & Q.F.Wang, 2021

Wei, Neng, Mwachala, Geoffrey, Hu, Guang-Wan & Wang, Qing-Feng, 2021, Dracaena neobella nom. nov., a replacement name for D. bella (L. E. Newton) Byng & Christenh. (Asparagaceae), Phytotaxa 514 (1), pp. 85-87 : 85-86

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).

Figures

FIGURE 1. Dracaena neobella. Based on the holotype: L.E.Newton 3945 (K[K000255823] (left image: 1st sheet), [K000255825](right image: 3rd sheet)).