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Taxon: Phormium tenax J. R. Forst. & G. Forst.

Genus: Phormium
Family: Xanthorrhoeaceae subfamily: Hemerocallidoideae. Also placed in: Agavaceae Hemerocallidaceae Phormiaceae
Nomen number: 28069
Place of publication: Char. gen. pl. 48, t. 24. 1775
Name verified on: 07-Nov-1985 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 02-Feb-2006
No species priority site assigned.

NO ACCESSIONS IN NPGS UNDER THIS NAME.

Common names:

  • harakeke   (Source: Websters Dict ) – English
  • New Zealand-flax   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  • New Zealand-hemp   (Source: Hortus 3 ) – English
  • korari   (Source: Websters Dict ) – New Zealand (Maori)
  • lino de Nueva Zelanda   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish
  • lirio de espada   (Source: F Mesoamer ) – Spanish
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Economic importance:

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Distributional range:

      Native: (links to other web resources are provided for some distributions)
  • AUSTRALASIA
    Australia: Australia - New South Wales [Norfolk Island]
    New Zealand: New Zealand - Chatham Islands, North Island, South Island, Stewart Island

References:

  • Allan, H. H. B. et al. 1961–. Flora of New Zealand. (F NZeal)
  • Davidse, G. et al., eds. 1994. Flora mesoamericana. (F Mesoamer)
  • Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. (Zander ed13)
  • Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop - on-line resource. (Ecocrop)
  • George, A. S., ed. 1994. Flora of Australia. (F Aust) 49:525.
  • Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. (L US Can ed2)
  • Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia. (Econ Pl Aust)
  • Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. (Hortus 3)
  • Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) - on-line resource. (Pl Names)
  • Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. (Dict Rehm)
  • Webster's third new international dictionary. (Websters Dict)
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Check other databases for Phormium tenax J. R. Forst. & G. Forst.:

  • AVH: Australia's Virtual Herbarium Map Display Interface
  • ABIF: Australian Biodiversity Information Facility's Flora of Australia online
  • Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
  • ICRA: International Cultivar Registration Authority for Phormium tenax cultivars
  • ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
  • Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
    Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images:

  • Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
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  • Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
  • Google Images Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

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URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?28069 (09 February 2010)

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