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Dracaena draco, the Canary Islands dragon tree or drago, [4] is a subtropical tree in the genus Dracaena, native to the Canary Islands, Cape Verde, Madeira, western Morocco, and possibly introduced into the Azores. [5] It was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1762 as Asparagus draco. [3] [6] In 1767 he assigned it to the new genus, Dracaena.
D. cinnabari. Binomial name. Dracaena cinnabari. Balf.f. Dracaena cinnabari, the Socotra dragon tree or dragon blood tree, is a dragon tree native to the Socotra archipelago, part of Yemen, located in the Arabian Sea. It is named after the blood-like color of the red sap that the trees produce. [2] It is considered the national tree of Yemen.
Patagonian cypress. Fitzroya cupressoides. Cordillera Pelada, Los Ríos. Chile. Alive. [10] [11] New unconfirmed estimation of 5,484 years would make it the oldest (non-clonal) tree in the world. Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page ). Sierra Nevada, California. United States.
Dracaena ( / drəˈsiːnə / [2]) is a genus of about 120 species of trees and succulent shrubs. [3] The formerly accepted genera Pleomele and Sansevieria are now included in Dracaena. In the APG IV classification system, it is placed in the family Asparagaceae, [4] subfamily Nolinoideae (formerly the family Ruscaceae).
Draco ( / ˈdreɪkoʊ /; Greek: Δράκων, Drakōn; fl. c. 625-600 BC), also called Drako or Drakon, was the first recorded legislator of Athens in Ancient Greece. He replaced the prevailing system of oral law and blood feud by the Draconian constitution, a written code to be enforced only by a court of law . His name may be a metaphor ...
Like most other draconic deities, Tiamat is the offspring of the dragon creator deity Io. [45] [11]: 97–98 Tiamat is the eternal rival of her brother Bahamut, the ruler of the good metallic dragons. It is hinted that her overt hatred toward Bahamut has developed, over a vast period of time, into a twisted lust for her brother as well.
Sequoiadendron giganteum, also known as the giant sequoia, giant redwood or Sierra redwood is a coniferous tree, classified in the family Cupressaceae in the subfamily Sequoioideae. Giant sequoia specimens are the most massive trees on Earth. [3] They are native to the groves on the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada mountain range of ...
Sentinel (tree) Sentinel is a giant sequoia located within the Giant Forest Grove of Sequoia National Park, California. It is the 43rd largest giant sequoia in the world, and could be considered either the 42nd or 41st largest depending on how badly Ishi Giant and Black Mountain Beauty have atrophied following devastating wildfires in 2015 and ...