Cordyline australis

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Cordyline australis
Tall tree on a green hillside. The tree has a bare trunk and a round head with spiky leaves
Cordyline australis on farmland, South Island, New Zealand
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asparagaceae
Subfamily: Lomandroideae
Genus: Cordyline
Species:
C. australis
Binomial name
Cordyline australis
Map of New Zealand divided into multicoloured areas
C. australis varies by region in its natural range. Some variants have Māori names.
  pumilio hybrids   obtecta hybrids
  tītī   tī manu
  tarariki   densely branched
  wharanui   robust
  lax leaves   naturally absent

Acknowledgements

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Cordyline australis, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.