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

• the 52 historical accession(s) associated with this name.
• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

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
  
• nyzeeländskt lin   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

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see MMPND for additional names in foreign scripts

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Econ Pl Aust; F Mesoamer)
  
• Materials: fiber   (fide Econ Pl Aust)
  

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View ethnobotanical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Distributional range:

• AUSTRALASIA
  Australia: Australia - New South Wales [Norfolk Island]
  New Zealand: New Zealand - Chatham Islands, North Island, South Island, Stewart Island

• also cultivated

References:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Allan, H. H. B. et al. 1961–. Flora of New Zealand.
• Davidse, G. et al., eds. 1994. Flora mesoamericana.
• Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage.
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
• George, A. S., ed. 1994. Flora of Australia. 49:525.
• Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland.
• Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia.
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
• Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
• Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants.
• Webster's third new international dictionary.

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Phormium tenax.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Phormium tenax.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Phormium tenax.

Check other web resources for Phormium tenax J. R. Forst. & G. Forst.:

• AVH: Australia's Virtual Herbarium
• ABRS: Australian Biological Resources Study Flora of Australia online
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ICRA: International Cultivar Registration Authority (on-line resource). 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.

Images:

• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

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• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional 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.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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