Biology:Cordyline congesta
| Cordyline congesta | |
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| Cordyline congesta at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Asparagaceae |
| Subfamily: | Lomandroideae |
| Genus: | Cordyline |
| Species: | C. congesta
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| Binomial name | |
| Cordyline congesta (Sweet) Steud.[1]
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| Synonyms[1][2][3] | |
Cordyline congesta, commonly known as narrow-leaved palm lily[4] (not to be confused with C. stricta, also known by this common name) is an evergreen Australia n plant. A rare shrub up to 3 metres (9 ft 10 in) tall found on the margins of rainforest, and in riverine scrub and moist gullies in eucalyptus forest. Growing north from the Clarence River, New South Wales.[5]
Leaves long and thin to lanceolate. Up to 65 centimetres (2 ft 2 in) long by 4 centimetres (1.6 in), with stiff marginal teeth near the base of leaf; leaf stem up to 15 centimetres (5.9 in) long. Small white to mauve flowers form on panicles. Flowering occurs from September to October. Fruit an orange-red berry, 10–15 millimetres (0.39–0.59 in) in diameter, ripening from December to March. This species propagates easily from seeds, suckers or stem cuttings.
Similar to Cordyline stricta and C. rubra; however, C. congesta has jagged, fringed or scolloped leaf margins, particularly near the leaf base.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 This species, under its treatment as Cordyline congesta was published in Nomenclator Botanicus ed. 2, 1: 419. 1840. Its basionym is Charlwoodia congesta Sweet "Name - Cordyline congesta (Sweet) Steud.". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/100172111.
- ↑ The basionym of this species, Charlwoodia congesta, was first described and published in Flora Australasica t. 18. 1827. "Name - Charlwoodia congesta Sweet". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/100167877.
- ↑ ANBG; Australian National Herbarium. "Taxon Name = Cordyline congesta". APNI, IBIS database. Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research; Australian Government, Canberra. http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?00TAXON_NAME=Cordyline+congesta.
- ↑ "Cordyline congesta (DRACAENACEAE); Narrow-leaved palm lily". Brisbane Rainforest Action & Information Network (BRAIN). 2007. http://www.brisrain.webcentral.com.au/01_cms/details_pop.asp?ID=87.
- ↑ "Cordyline congesta". PlantNET - NSW Flora Online. http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Cordyline~congesta.
Wikidata ☰ Q5170112 entry
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