Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2659)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2572)
Class: Liliopsida (392)
Order: Liliales (106)
Family: Asparagaceae (32)(family description)
Genus: Dracaena (2)
Epithet: roxburghiana (Schult. & Schult.f.) Byng & Christenh. (1)
roxburghiana => in honor of William Roxburgh (1751-1815), Scottish surgeon and botanist