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Phormium cookianum Le Jol.

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Phormium cookianum Le Jol., London J. Bot. 7: 536 (1848)
Phormium cookianum Le Jol.

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Endemic
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New Zealand
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Le Jol.
Le Jol.
1848
536
ICN
Phormium cookianum Le Jol.
species
Phormium cookianum
Type: There is original material at P and presumably at CHE. The two candidate specimens in P are both labelled ‘P. Colensoi Hook.’ and ‘Donnée par M. Decaisne’ (i.e. ‘donated by Mr Decaisne’)

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cookianum

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Phormium cookianum Le Jol.

2n = 32
n = 16
n = 16

Phormium cookianum Le Jol.

Lvs mostly < 2 m. long, not so stiff as in and inclined to droop; butt us. pale. Infl. to c. 2 m. tall; peduncle c. 2–3 cm. diam., often inclined, dark, terete, glab. Fls 2.5–4 cm. long, us. predominantly greenish, often with tones of orange or yellow; tips of inner tepals us. markedly recurved, one us. more than the other two. Ovary erect, but carpels sts twisted in half turn from base to tip. Capsule often > 10 cm. long, occ. to 20 cm., pendulous, almost circular in T.S., gradually narrowed to tip, twisted and becoming pale, fibrous, and more spirally curled in age. Seeds c. 8–10 mm. long, very like those of . 2n = 32.

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Phormium colensoi Hook.f.
Phormium cookianum Le Jol.
Phormium cookianum Le Jol.
Phormium cookianum Le Jol.
Phormium cookianum Le Jol.
Phormium cookianum Le Jol.
Phormium cookianum Le Jol.
Phormium cookianum Le Jol.
Phormium cookianum Le Jol.
Phormium cookianum Le Jol.
Phormium forsterianum Colenso
Phormium cookianum Le Jol.

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New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
New Zealand
Gisborne Land District
New Zealand
Hawke's Bay Land District
New Zealand
Marlborough Land District
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
New Zealand
Otago Land District
New Zealand
South Auckland Land District
New Zealand
Southland Land District
New Zealand
Taranaki Land District
New Zealand
Wellington Land District
New Zealand
Westland Land District
Phormium cookianum Le Jol.
New Zealand
Phormium cookianum Le Jol.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Phormium cookianum Le Jol.
New Zealand
Gisborne Land District
Phormium cookianum Le Jol.
New Zealand
Hawke's Bay Land District
Phormium cookianum Le Jol.
New Zealand
Marlborough Land District
Phormium cookianum Le Jol.
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
Phormium cookianum Le Jol.
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
Phormium cookianum Le Jol.
New Zealand
Otago Land District
Phormium cookianum Le Jol.
New Zealand
South Auckland Land District
Phormium cookianum Le Jol.
New Zealand
Southland Land District
Phormium cookianum Le Jol.
New Zealand
Taranaki Land District
Phormium cookianum Le Jol.
New Zealand
Wellington Land District
Phormium cookianum Le Jol.
New Zealand
Westland Land District

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typification
Type: There is original material at P and presumably at CHE. The two candidate specimens in P are both labelled ‘P. Colensoi Hook.’ and ‘Donnée par M. Decaisne’ (i.e. ‘donated by Mr Decaisne’)

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1 January 2000
20 July 2022
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