Cordyline 2605510 219678517 2008-06-16T11:18:28Z ClueBot 4928500 Reverting possible vandalism by [[Special:Contributions/122.109.140.52|122.109.140.52]] to version by Kahuroa. False positive? [[User:ClueBot/FalsePositives|Report it]]. Thanks, [[User:ClueBot]]. (420082) (Bot) {{Taxobox | name = ''Cordyline'' | image = Cordyline terminalis dsc03651.jpg | image_width = 240px | image_caption = ''Cordyline fruticosa'' | regnum = [[Plant]]ae | divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]] | classis = [[Liliopsida]] | ordo = [[Asparagales]] | familia = [[Laxmanniaceae]] | genus = '''''Cordyline''''' | genus_authority = [[Philibert Commerson|Comm.]] ex [[Robert Brown|R.Br.]] | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = See text }} '''''Cordyline''''' is a [[genus]] of about 15 species of woody [[monocotyledon]]ous [[flowering plant]]s classified in [[Asparagaceae]] or alternatively the [[segregate (taxonomy)|segregate]] family [[Laxmanniaceae]], in the [[Angiosperm Phylogeny Group]] system, but placed by other authors in [[Agavaceae]] or [[Lomandraceae]]. The genus is native to the western [[Pacific Ocean]] region, from [[New Zealand]], eastern [[Australia]], southeastern [[Asia]], [[Polynesia]] and [[Hawaii]]. The name ''Cordyline'' comes from the Greek word for a club (''kordyle''), referring to enlarged [[rhizome]]s<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cpbr.gov.au/gnp/interns-2006/cordyline-obtecta.html|author=Bok-mun Ho|year=2006|title=Cordyline obtecta|publisher=Australian National Botanic Gardens|accessdate=2008-04-12}}</ref>. ;Selected species *''[[Cordyline australis]]'' (Cabbage Tree) *''[[Cordyline banksii]]'' *''[[Cordyline fruticosa]]'' (Ti Plant; syn. ''C. terminalis'') *''[[Cordyline haageana]]'' *''[[Cordyline indivisa]]'' *''[[Cordyline obtecta]]'' ([[Norfolk Island]] and northern [[New Zealand]], syn. ''C. kaspar'', ''C. baueri'') *''[[Cordyline pumilio]]'' *''[[Cordyline stricta]]'' ;The following species occur naturally in Australia<ref>{{cite web | url=http://asgap.org.au/APOL26/jun02-3.html | title=Australian Cordylines | author=Russell Young | publisher=Association of Societies for Growing Australian Plants| work = Australian Plants online| year=2002 | month=June | accessdate=2008-04-12}}</ref>: * [[Cordyline cannifolia]] * [[Cordyline congesta]] * [[Cordyline fruticosa]] * [[Cordyline manners-suttoniae]] * [[Cordyline murchisoniae]] * [[Cordyline petiolaris]] * [[Cordyline rubra]] * [[Cordyline stricta]] ===Cultivation and uses=== Members of the group are often grown as [[ornamental plant]]s, and the cabbage tree has had culinary and other uses. ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Cordyline]] [[Category:Trees]] {{Asparagales-stub}} {{tree-stub}} [[da:Kordyline]] [[de:Keulenlilien]] [[es:Cordyline]] [[id:hanjuang]] [[ja:コルディリネ属]] [[pt:Cordyline]] [[vi:Chi Huyết dụ]]