Cordyline
| Cordyline | |
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| Cordyline fruticosa | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Asparagaceae |
| Subfamily: | Lomandroideae |
| Genus: | Cordyline Comm. ex R.Br.[1] |
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Charlwoodia Sweet | |
Cordyline is a genus of about 15 species of woody monocotyledonous flowering plants in family Asparagaceae, subfamily Lomandroideae. The subfamily has previously been treated as a separate family Laxmanniaceae,[2] or Lomandraceae. Other authors have placed the genus in the Agavaceae (now Agavoideae). Cordyline is native to the western Pacific Ocean region, from New Zealand, eastern Australia, southeastern Asia and Polynesia], with one species found in western South America.
The name Cordyline comes from the Greek word kordyle, meaning "club," a reference to the enlarged underground stems or rhizomes.[3]
Species
As of March 2015, the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families accepts 24 species:[4]
- Cordyline angustissima K.Schum. – New Guinea
- Cordyline australis (G.Forst.) Endl. (Cabbage Tree) – New Zealand
- Cordyline banksii Hook.f. – New Zealand
- Cordyline cannifolia R.Br. – Australia: N.E. Northern Territory, N.E. Queensland
- Cordyline casanovae Linden ex André – Vanuatu
- Cordyline congesta (Sweet) Steud. (syn. C. dracaenoides Kunth) – Australia: S.E. Queensland to N.E. New South Wales
- Cordyline forbesii Rendle – Papua New Guinea
- Cordyline fruticosa (L.) A.Chev. – Papuasia to W. Pacific
- Cordyline indivisa (G.Forst.) Endl. (Mountain Cabbage Tree) – New Zealand
- Cordyline lateralis Lauterb. – New Guinea
- Cordyline ledermannii K.Krause – New Guinea
- Cordyline manners-suttoniae F.Muell. – Australia: N.E. Queensland
- Cordyline mauritiana (Lam.) J.F.Macbr. – Mascarenes
- Cordyline minutiflora Ridl. – New Guinea
- Cordyline murchisoniae F.Muell. (syn. C. haageana K.Koch) – Australia: E. Queensland
- Cordyline neocaledonica (Baker) B.D.Jacks. – New Caledonia
- Cordyline obtecta (Graham) Baker – Norfolk Island, N. New Zealand North Island
- Cordyline petiolaris (Domin) Pedley – Australia: S.E. Queensland to N.E. New South Wales
- Cordyline pumilio Hook.f. – New Zealand North Island
- Cordyline racemosa Ridl. – New Guinea
- Cordyline rubra Otto & A.Dietr. – Australia: S.E. Queensland to N.E. New South Wales
- Cordyline schlechteri Lauterb. – New Guinea
- Cordyline sellowiana Kunth – Bolivia to Brazil and N. Argentina
- Cordyline stricta (Sims) Endl. – Australia: S.E. Queensland to N.E. New South Wales
Formerly placed here
- Dracaena aletriformis (Haw.) Bos (as C. rumphii Hook.)
- Dracaena fragrans (L.) Ker Gawl. (as C. fragrans (L.) Planch.)[5]
Cultivation and uses
Members of the group are often grown as ornamental plants. Many species have been used as a foodstuff and medicine, for additional details on these and other uses see C. australis. The rhizome was roasted in an hāngi (earth oven) by Māori to extract sugar.[6]
References
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- 1 2 "Genus: Cordyline Comm. ex R. Br.". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2010-01-19. Retrieved 2011-02-08.
- ↑ Chase, M.W.; Reveal, J.L. & Fay, M.F. (2009), "A subfamilial classification for the expanded asparagalean families Amaryllidaceae, Asparagaceae and Xanthorrhoeaceae", Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 161 (2): 132–136, doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00999.x
- ↑ Bok-mun Ho (2006). "Cordyline obtecta". Australian National Botanic Gardens. Retrieved 2008-04-12.
- ↑ "Search for Cordyline". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2015-03-29.
- ↑ "GRIN Species Records of Cordyline". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2011-02-08.
- ↑ Morton, Elsie K. (1964). Crusoes of Sunday Island. Wellington: A.H. & A.W. Reed. p. 53.