Cordyline obtecta
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Family Asparagaceae
Taxonomy: Cordyline obtecta (Graham) Baker
Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Cordyline baueri Hook.f. (taxonomic synonym)
- Dracaena obtecta Graham (nomenclatural synonym)
Misapplied names: 3 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Cordyline australis (G.Forst.) Endl. (misapplied)
- Cordyline cannifolia R.Br. (misapplied)
- Dracaena australis G.Forst. (misapplied)
Distribution (APC): NI
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (18), ANBG_2019 (5), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 20 traits from 33 records in 6 datasets.
Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.
flower morphology
- sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
- fruit_length (numerical): 4.5 mm (4-5 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- fruit_width (numerical): 4.5 mm (4-5 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- fruit_height (numerical): 4.5 mm (4-5 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- fruit_type (categorical): berry (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_fleshiness (categorical): fleshy (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_colour (categorical): blue (1); purple (1); white (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 675 mm (350-1000 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 47.5 mm (25-70 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): ensiform (1); narrowly_lanceolate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): flat (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_arrangement (categorical): crowded (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): tree (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2022]
seed morphology
- seed_dry_mass (numerical): 10.19 mg (3.44-38.67 mg) [sources: ANBG_2019]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 10 m (10-10 m) [sources: ABRS_2023]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABRS_2023 | 13 | 18 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au. |
| ANBG_2019 | 1 | 5 | Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/. |
| Sjostrom_2006 | 4 | 4 | A. Sjöström and C. L. Gross. “Life-history characters and phylogeny are correlated with extinction risk in the Australian angiosperms”. Journal of Biogeography 33.2 (2006), pp. 271-290. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2005.01393.x. |
| ABRS_2022 | 3 | 3 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au. |
| Wenk_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |