Cordyline congesta

Cordyline congesta
Cordyline congesta
Cordyline congesta at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney
Conservation status
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
clade: Angiosperms
clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asparagaceae
Subfamily: Lomandroideae
Genus: Cordyline
Species: C. congesta
Binomial name
Cordyline congesta
(Sweet) Steud. [1]
Synonyms[1][2][3]
  • Charlwoodia congesta Sweet (basionym)
  • Charlwoodia angustifolia (Kunth) Göpp.
  • Cordyline stricta var. rigidifolia (K.Koch) Asch. & Graebn.

Cordyline congesta, commonly known as narrow-leaved palm lily[4] (not to be confused with C. stricta, also known by this common name) is an evergreen Australian plant. A rare shrub to 3 metres tall found on the margins of rainforest, and in riverine scrub and moist gullies in eucalyptus forest. Growing north from the Clarence River, New South Wales.[5]

Leaves long and thin to lanceolate. Up to 65 cm long by 4 cm, with stiff marginal teeth near the base of leaf; leaf stem to 15 cm long. Small white to mauve flowers form on panicles. Flowering occurs from September to October. Fruit an orange-red berry, 10 to 15 mm in diameter, ripening from December to March. This species propagates easily from seeds, suckers or stem cuttings.

Similar to Cordyline stricta and C. rubra; however, C. congesta has jagged, fringed or scolloped leaf margins, particularly near the leaf base.

References

  1. ^ a b  This species, under its treatment as Cordyline congesta was published in Nomenclator Botanicus ed. 2, 1: 419. 1840. Its basionym is Charlwoodia congesta Sweet "Name - Cordyline congesta (Sweet) Steud.". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/100172111. Retrieved 30 July 2011. 
  2. ^  The basionym of this species, Charlwoodia congesta, was first described and published in Flora Australasica t. 18. 1827. "Name - Charlwoodia congesta Sweet". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/100167877. Retrieved 30 July 2011. 
  3. ^ ANBG; Australian National Herbarium. "Taxon Name = Cordyline congesta". APNI, IBIS database. Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research; Australian Government, Canberra. http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?00TAXON_NAME=Cordyline+congesta. Retrieved 30 July 2011. 
  4. ^ "Cordyline congesta (DRACAENACEAE); Narrow-leaved palm lily". Brisbane Rainforst Action & Information Network (BRAIN). 2007. http://www.brisrain.webcentral.com.au/01_cms/details_pop.asp?ID=87. Retrieved 30 July 2011. 
  5. ^ "Cordyline congesta". PlantNET - NSW Flora Online. http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Cordyline~congesta. Retrieved 30 July 2011. 


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