Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Cordyline australis, commonly known as the cabbage tree, [3] or by its Māori name of tī or tī kōuka, is a widely branched monocot tree endemic to New Zealand. It grows up to 20 metres (66 feet) tall [ 4 ] with a stout trunk and sword-like leaves, which are clustered at the tips of the branches and can be up to 1 metre (3 feet 3 inches) long.
Cordyline is a genus of about 24 species of woody monocotyledonous flowering plants in family Asparagaceae, subfamily Lomandroideae. The subfamily has previously been treated as a separate family Laxmanniaceae, [ 2 ] or Lomandraceae.
Old man's beard smothering a Cordyline australis (cabbage tree) on the Port Hills in Christchurch. Old man's beard (Clematis vitalba) is an invasive plant in New Zealand that affects indigenous biodiversity. It is declared an unwanted organism under the Biosecurity Act 1993 which means it cannot be sold, distributed or propagated.
Mealybugs have a host plant Cordyline australis (Asparagaceae). They live at the base of the leaves, usually around the debris of the previous leaves. These cabbage trees are abundant all around New Zealand, which suggests that mealybugs are also abundant around all around New Zealand
Lomandroideae is a subfamily of monocot flowering plants in the family Asparagaceae, order Asparagales, according to the APG III system of 2009. The subfamily name is derived from the generic name of the type genus, Lomandra.
Cordyline australis [63] (Cabbage palm, Torbay palm, ti palm) or palm lily [63] (family Asparagaceae) and other representatives in the genus Cordyline. Cyathea cunninghamii (Palm fern) [63] and other tree ferns (families Cyatheaceae and Dicksoniaceae) that may be confused with palms. Cycas revoluta (Sago palm) [63] and the rest of the order ...
Cordyline banksii (forest cabbage tree, tī ngahere) is a monocot tree endemic to New Zealand. The specific epithet banksii refers to the 18th-century botanist Joseph Banks . Distribution
W. robusta is somewhat less hardy, native to the Baja California Peninsula of northern Mexico It has a more robust trunk and stiffer leaves than W. filifera, and is hardy to −10 °C (14 °F). Livistona australis – It is native to southeastern Australia. Rhapis excelsa – It is native to China and it is hardy to about −7 °C (19 °F).