Taxonomy
The species of Dracula have tentatively been divided into three subgenera, with sections and subsections within one of the subgenera.
- Subgenus Dracula : This subgenus contains all the species of the genus except two exceptional species (D. sodiroi and D. xenos)
- Section Andreettaea : Monotypic: Dracula andreettae
- Section Chestertonia : two species: Dracula chestertonii, D. cutis-bufonis
- Section Cochliopsida : Monotypic: Dracula cochliops
- Section Dodsonia : Four species: Dracula dodsonii, D. insolita, D. iricolor, D. portillae
- Section Dracula : largest section
- Subsection : e.g. Dracula bella, D. vespertilio
- Subsection Dracula :
- Series Dracula : e.g. Dracula chimaera, D. tubeana, D. vampira
- Series Grandiflorae-Parvilabiatae : e.g. Dracula gigas, D. platycrater
- Series Parviflorae : e.g. Dracula houtteana, D. lotax
- Subgenus Sodiroa : Two Dracula sodiroi, D. erythrocodon
- Subgenus Xenosia : Monotypic : Dracula xenos
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