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As classified in WFO snapshot

December 2023

latest classification for this taxon

genus

Cordyline Comm. ex R.Br.

This genus name was first published in Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. : 280 (1810)

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-4000009284.

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Synonyms of Cordyline

Name	Author	Protologue	WFO link
Charlwoodia	Sweet	Fl. Australas. (Sweet) t. 18 (1827).	wfo-4000007701
Euphyleia	Raf.	Fl. Tellur. 4: 16 (1838)	wfo-4000014236
Ezehlsia	Lour. ex B.A.Gomes	Mem. Acad. Real Sci. Lisboa, 2 Cl. Sci. Moraes, n.s., 4(1): 29 -1868	wfo-4000014503
Taetsia	Medik.	Theodora 82. 1786[1786].	wfo-4000037441

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Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Cordyline:

Name	Author	Protologue	WFO link
Cordyline cannifolia	Schltr.	Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 39: 30 (1906)	wfo-0000764217
Cordyline coerulea	Göpp.	Nov. Actorum Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 25: 55. 1855	wfo-0001353273
Cordyline douceti	hort. ex Gentil	Pl. Cult. Serres Jard. Bot. Brux. 63 (1907), nomen.	wfo-0001353274
Cordyline flexuosa	Miq.	Fl. Ned. Ind. 3: 558 (1859)	wfo-0000764235
Cordyline fruticosa var. ferrea	(Baker) R.R.Fernandez	Trees of Mumbai (Bombay) 259 (1999):.	wfo-0001391007
Cordyline hooibrenkeana	Göpp.	Nov. Actorum Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 25: 55. 1855	wfo-0001353275
Cordyline kirkii	F.Haage & E.Schmidt	Haupt-Verz. Samen 1875: 4. (1875)	wfo-1000036864
Cordyline linearifolia	Miq.	Fl. Ned. Ind., Eerste Bijv. : 610 (1861)	wfo-0000764267
Cordyline lineata var. doucetii	É.Morren	Belgique Hort. 24: 130. 1874	wfo-1200015484
Cordyline lineata var. purpurascens	Rodigas	Ill. Hort. 40: 122. 1893	wfo-1200015676
Cordyline madagascariensis	Göpp.	Nov. Actorum Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 25: 53. 1855	wfo-0001353276
Cordyline nutans	hort. ex Göpp.	Nov. Actorum Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 25: 55, nomen. 1855	wfo-0001353277
Cordyline oxyphylla	Miq.	Fl. Ned. Ind., Eerste Bijv. : 609 (1861)	wfo-0000764287
Cordyline regelii	K.Koch	Wochenschr. Vereines Beförd. Gartenbaues Königl. Preuss. Staaten 8: 90 (1865)	wfo-0000764296
Cordyline rigida	Miq.	Fl. Ned. Ind., Eerste Bijv. : 610 (1861)	wfo-0000764298
Cordyline spicata	Planch.	Fl. Serres Jard. Eur. 6: 132 (1850)	wfo-0000764312
Cordyline stricta var. erythrorachis	T.Moore ex J.Dix	Proc. Roy. Hort. Soc. London 1: 158. 1860	wfo-1200015720
Cordyline stricta var. stricta	–	–	wfo-0001402374
Cordyline wallichii	Planch.	Fl. Serres Jard. Eur. 6: 132 (1850)	wfo-0000764326
Cordyline weismannii	Cogn. & Marchal	Pl. Ornament. 1: t. 14 (1873)	wfo-0000764328