Phormium

Phormium in habitat Manawatu River, New Zealand

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asparagales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Asphodelaceae
Subfamilia: Hemerocallidoideae
Genus: Phormium
Species: P. colensoi – P. tenax

Name

Phormium J.R.Forst. & G.Forst., Char. Gen. Pl. 24. (1776)

• Type species: Phormium tenax J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. (1776)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Chlamydia Banks ex Gaertn., Fruct. Sem. Pl. i. 71. t. 18. 1788.
    • Type species: Chlamydia tenacissima Gaertn.

References

• Forster, J.R. & Forster, G. (1775) Characteres Generum Plantarum, 24.
• Moore, L.B. & Edgar, E. (1970) Flora of New Zealand. Vol. II. Indigenous Tracheophyta: Monocotyledones except Gramineae. Wellington, N. Z.
• Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd New Zealand Plants. 2014 Mar 20 [1].

Vernacular names

English: New Zealand Flax
magyar: Vászonfű
Māori: Wharariki

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