Cordyline congesta

Cordyline congesta
Cordyline congesta at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asparagaceae
Subfamily: Lomandroideae
Genus: Cordyline
Species: C. congesta
Binomial name
Cordyline congesta
(Sweet) Steud. [1]
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 Australian plant. A rare shrub to 3 metres 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 cm long by 4 cm, with stiff marginal teeth near the base of leaf; leaf stem to 15 cm long. Small white to mauve flowers form on panicles. Flowering occurs from September to October. Fruit an orange-red berry, 10 to 15 mm 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. 1 2  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. Retrieved 30 July 2011.
  2. ↑  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. Retrieved 30 July 2011.
  3. ↑ ANBG; Australian National Herbarium. "Taxon Name = Cordyline congesta". APNI, IBIS database. Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research; Australian Government, Canberra. Retrieved 30 July 2011.
  4. ↑ "Cordyline congesta (DRACAENACEAE); Narrow-leaved palm lily". Brisbane Rainforst Action & Information Network (BRAIN). 2007. Retrieved 30 July 2011.
  5. ↑ "Cordyline congesta". PlantNET - NSW Flora Online. Retrieved 30 July 2011.


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