Cordyline obtecta

 

학명 : Cordyline obtecta (Graham) Baker

학명 구명 : Cordyline baueri Hook.f.(비합법명이다 nom. illeg)

분류 : Asparagaceae

사진 : 2023.01.18 세종수목원

 

 

 

 

위키 설명 

Cordyline obtecta (Ti, Norfolk Island cabbage tree, Three Kings cabbage tree) is a widely branching monocot tree native to Norfolk Island (the type locality), and to northern New Zealand. The species name obtecta derives from the Latin obtegere (to conceal, to cover up), alluding to the way the inflorescence barely protruded beyond the leaves in the plant first described.[1]

 

Distribution

On Norfolk Island, C. obtecta grows in forest on Mt Bates, Mt Pitt, and elsewhere in the National Park. In New Zealand it was first described as C. kaspar and was thought to be restricted to the Three Kings Islands, 55 km north of the North Island. Later it was found on the North Island at North Cape, and on Murimotu Island and the Poor Knights Islands. In 2005, C. kaspar was relegated to synonymy with C. obtecta.[2]

 

Description

C. obtecta is a cabbage tree up to 10 metres (33 ft) tall (generally much less), with a stout trunk 20–30 centimetres (7.9–11.8 in) in diameter. It has spreading branches covered with densely clustered stiff leaves that appear in tufts at the tips of the branches. The leaves are 35–100 centimetres (14–39 in) long, and 2.5–7 centimetres (0.98–2.76 in) wide, narrowing towards their bases into short leaf stems about 2.5–3.5 centimetres (0.98–1.38 in) wide. The leaves droop somewhat as they age. The flowers of C. obtecta are borne in many large, open branched panicles that appear among the leaves. The flowers are each about 1 millimetre (0.039 in) in diameter, and are very strongly scented. The fruit is a spherical berry 4–5 millimetres (0.16–0.20 in) in diameter, whitish or purplish blue. The bark on the trunk is grey and flaky.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cordyline_obtecta

 

 

 

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