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Cordyline sp. Mt Banda Banda (P.Hind 2232)
Family Asparagaceae
Cordyline sp. Mt Banda Banda (P.Hind 2232) APNI*

Description: Shrub 1–3 m tall, suckering.

Leaves narrow-elliptic to nearly linear, c. 30–50 cm long, 2–3 cm wide, slightly narrowed to a flat petiolar region 3–5 mm wide; margins smooth or breaking up irregularly with age towards base, often recurved near base when dried; lamina more or less flat.

Panicles c. 20–40 cm long; pedicels c. 1.5 mm long. Perianth glabrous, blue - mauve; tepals unequal, outer tepals c. 6 mm long, inner tepals 7–8 mm long.

Fruit blackish, 6–8 mm diam.


Habitat
Photo Karen L Wilson

Habit
Photo Jan Allen

Flower
Photo JAN Allen

Fruit
Photo Karen L Wilson

Distribution and occurrence: Higher ranges (c. 600-1100 m alt.) from west of Kempsey south to NW of Taree. Apparently endemic, but needs further field study.

In or near higher altitude forest with Nothofagus moorei, usually on volcanic (basalt or rhyolite) or metamorphic substrates.
NSW subdivisions: NC, NT
AVH map***

Needs further study.

Text by KL Wilson (Jan 2013)
Taxon concept: KL Wilson (Jan 2013) with field observations by P Hind and others


APNI* Provides a link to the Australian Plant Name Index (hosted by the Australian National Botanic Gardens) for comprehensive bibliographic data
***The AVH map option provides a detailed interactive Australia wide distribution map drawn from collections held by all major Australian herbaria participating in the Australian Virtual Herbarium project.
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