The Plant List — A working list for all plant species

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Cordyline

The genus Cordyline is in the family Asparagaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Cordyline

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name Status Confi­dence level Source Date supplied Infra. rec.
Cordyline angustissima K.Schum. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Cordyline australis (G.Forst.) Endl. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Cordyline australis Hook. f. Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Cordyline banksii Hook.f. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Cordyline cannifolia R.Br. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Cordyline cannifolia Schltr. Unresolved L WCSP 2012-03-23
Cordyline casanovae Linden ex André Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Cordyline congesta (Sweet) Steud. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Cordyline flexuosa Miq. Unresolved L WCSP 2012-03-23
Cordyline forbesii Rendle Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Cordyline fruticosa (L.) A.Chev. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Cordyline × gibbingsiae Carse Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Cordyline indivisa (G.Forst.) Endl. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Cordyline lateralis Lauterb. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Cordyline ledermannii K.Krause Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Cordyline linearifolia Miq. Unresolved L WCSP 2012-03-23
Cordyline manners-suttoniae F.Muell. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Cordyline × matthewsii Carse Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Cordyline mauritiana (Lam.) J.F.Macbr. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Cordyline minutiflora Ridl. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Cordyline murchisoniae F.Muell. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Cordyline neocaledonica (Baker) B.D.Jacks. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Cordyline obtecta (Graham) Baker Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Cordyline oxyphylla Miq. Unresolved L WCSP 2012-03-23
Cordyline petiolaris (Domin) Pedley Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Cordyline pumilio Hook.f. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Cordyline racemosa Ridl. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Cordyline × rashleighana auct. Unresolved L WCSP 2012-03-23
Cordyline regelii K.Koch Unresolved L WCSP 2012-03-23
Cordyline rigida Miq. Unresolved L WCSP 2012-03-23
Cordyline rubra Otto & A.Dietr. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Cordyline schlechteri Lauterb. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Cordyline sellowiana Kunth Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Cordyline spicata Planch. Unresolved L WCSP 2012-03-23
Cordyline stricta (Sims) Endl. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Cordyline wallichii Planch. Unresolved L WCSP 2012-03-23
Cordyline × weismannii Cogn. & Marchal Unresolved L WCSP 2012-03-23

Statistics

The Plant List includes 208 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Cordyline. Of these 26 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 26 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Cordyline. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 208 species names for the genus Cordyline recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Pie chart of binomial name statuses
Status Total
Accepted 26 12.5%
Synonym 171 82.2%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 11 5.3%

All names

The status of the 234 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Cordyline recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Pie chart of all name statuses
Status Total
Accepted 26 11.1%
Synonym 197 84.2%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 11 4.7%

Of the species names,

The confidence with which the status of the 208 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Cordyline, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 26 168 0 0 194 93.3%
Medium confidence 0 0 0 0 0 0%
Low confidence 0 3 0 11 14 6.7%

The source of the species name records found in The Plant List for the genus Cordyline is as follows:

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.5%
WCSP 26 171 0 10 0 207 99.5%