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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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New Zealand
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Le Jol.
Le Jol.
1848
536
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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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Phormium cookianum Le Jol.
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Phormium cookianum Le Jol.
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Ruahine-Cook

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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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