Cordyline
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{{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 =
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}}
'''''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==
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