Asparagaceae

Cordyline Comm. ex R.Br.

First published in Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland.: 280 (1810), nom. cons.
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Mascarenes, Papuasia to W. Pacific, Bolivia to S. South America.

Distribution

Native to:

Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bismarck Archipelago, Bolivia, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Caroline Is., Fiji, Marianas, Marshall Is., Mauritius, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New South Wales, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Norfolk Is., Northern Territory, Paraguay, Queensland, Réunion, Santa Cruz Is., Solomon Is., Uruguay, Vanuatu, Wallis-Futuna Is.

Introduced into:

Assam, Cambodia, China Southeast, Comoros, Cook Is., Costa Rica, Easter Is., Ecuador, El Salvador, France, Gilbert Is., Great Britain, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hainan, Hawaii, Honduras, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Jawa, Juan Fernández Is., Kermadec Is., Leeward Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Line Is., Malaya, Marquesas, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Myanmar, Nauru, Niue, Panamá, Pitcairn Is., Puerto Rico, Samoa, Society Is., Tasmania, Thailand, Tonga, Trinidad-Tobago, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Tuvalu, Wake I., Windward Is.

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • EBC Common Names

    • Common Names from Kew's Economic Botany Collection https://www.kew.org/science/collections-and-resources/collections/economic-botany-collection

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Trees of New Guinea

    • Trees of New Guinea
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0