Higher Classification: > Kingdom Plantae > Division Tracheophyta > Subdivision Spermatophytina > Class Magnoliopsida > Superorder Lilianae > Order Asparagales > Family Xanthorrhoeaceae > Genus Phormium

Phormium tenax J. R. Forst. & G. Forst.

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Phormium*	J. R. Forst. & G. Forst.	accepted genus name
*Chlamydia*	Banks ex Gaertn.	heterotypic synonym

Species group names

*Chlamydia tenacissima*	Gaertn.	heterotypic synonym
*Lachenalia ramosa*	Lam.	heterotypic synonym
*Phormium ramosum*	(Lam.) Billb.	heterotypic synonym
*Phormium tenax f. atropurpureum*	Voss	heterotypic synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English-United States: New Zealand Flax sources: Charles Hussey

Welsh: llin Seland Newydd

Literature

nomenclatural reference	Char. Gen. Pl. 1775.

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World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (2010), copyright © The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Phormium tenax J. R. Forst. & G. Forst.. Accessed through: Euro+Med PlantBase at http://ww2.bgbm.org/euroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?UUID=267FA952-C071-4AD1-8C74-55C205B997D6

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