Cordyline congesta

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 up to 3 metres (9 ft 10 in) 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]

Cordyline congesta
Cordyline congesta at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asparagaceae
Subfamily: Lomandroideae
Genus: Cordyline
Species:
C. congesta
Binomial name
Cordyline congesta
Synonyms[1][2][3]

Leaves long and thin to lanceolate. Up to 65 centimetres (2 ft 2 in) long by 4 centimetres (1.6 in), with stiff marginal teeth near the base of leaf; leaf stem up to 15 centimetres (5.9 in) long. Small white to mauve flowers form on panicles. Flowering occurs from September to October. Fruit an orange-red berry, 10–15 millimetres (0.39–0.59 in) 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.  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. 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. 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. Retrieved 30 July 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. "Cordyline congesta (DRACAENACEAE); Narrow-leaved palm lily". Brisbane Rainforest Action & Information Network (BRAIN). 2007. Archived from the original on 19 August 2006. Retrieved 30 July 2011.
  5. "Cordyline congesta". PlantNET - NSW Flora Online. Retrieved 30 July 2011.
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