Cordyline australis 'Red Star' is a cultivar of Cordyline australis (G.Forst.) Endl. It is a palm-like, sub-tropical tree that grows with an upright habit and with age will branch to produce several heads. This cultivar is a showy and vigorous plant with very dark reddish-bronze sword-like leaves.
The name Cordyline comes from the Greek word kordyle, meaning "club," a reference to the enlarged underground stems or rhizomes.
Cordyline australis 'Red Star'
Cordyline australis 'Red Star' is ca. 110 cm tall and comes in a ⌀ 30 cm pot.
Name: Cordyline australis 'Red Star' is a cultivar of Cordyline australis (G.Forst.) Endl.
Common names: Cabbage tree, Cabbage-palm, giant-dracaena
Type: a tree
Family: Asparagaceae
Native Range: New Zealand
Zone: 8-9
Height: up to 12 m
Spread: up to 3 m
Sun: Part shade to full sun
Water: Medium
Maintenance: Low
Leaf: Evergreen
Tolerate: Semi ShadeSynonyms: = Charlwoodia australis (G.Forst.) D.Don, 1830 = Charlwoodia australis (G.Forst.) G.Don = Cordyline australis var. atropurpurea (B.S.Williams) Wiegand = Cordyline australis var. aurea-striata Wiegand = Cordyline australis var. lineata (B.S.Williams) Wiegand = Cordyline australis var. veitchii (B.S.Williams) Wiegand = Cordyline calocoma (H.Wendl.) Baker = Cordyline calocoma f. lentiginosa (Linden & André) Voss = Cordyline calocoma f. lineata (B.S.Williams) Voss = Cordyline calocoma f. nutans (H.Jaeger) Voss = Cordyline calocoma f. veitchii (B.S.Williams) Voss = Cordyline forsteri F.Muell. = Cordyline indivisa Regel = Cordyline kirkii F.Haage & E.Schmidt = Cordyline lentiginosa (Rob.) Linden & André = Cordyline lineata K.Koch = Cordyline lineata var. doucetii É.Morren = Cordyline lineata var. purpurascens Rodigas = Cordyline nutans (H.Jaeger) K.Koch = Cordyline sturmii Colenso = Cordyline superbiens K.Koch = Cordyline veitchii Regel ≡ Dracaena australis G.Forst. = Dracaena australis subsp. lineata W.Bull = Dracaena chemnitzii Neubert = Dracaena doucetii (É.Morren) Pynaert = Dracaena indivisa B.S.Williams = Dracaena indivisa var. atropurpurea B.S.Williams = Dracaena indivisa var. lineata B.S.Williams = Dracaena indivisa var. veitchii B.S.Williams = Dracaena lentiginosa Rob. = Dracaena lineata (K.Koch) Neubert = Dracaena nutans H.Jaeger = Dracaena parrei Lorgus = Dracaena terminalis var. stricta Rothsch. = Dracaenopsis australis (G.Forst.) Planch. = Dracaenopsis calocoma H.Wendl. = Terminalis australis (G.Forst.) Kuntze
Taxon identifiers: Freebase ID : /m/0296l3 PlantList-ID : kew-303137 Tropicos ID : 18405818 IPNI plant ID : 533544-1 NCBI taxonomy ID : 1016831 USDA PLANTS ID : COAU12 GBIF taxon ID : 2766411 Encyclopedia of Life ID : 1087084 New Zealand Organisms Register ID : d054b9ac-f95c-4d56-9adb-b588337d0d2d ITIS TSN : 810159 Tela Botanica ID : 18893 EPPO Code : CDLAU iNaturalist taxon ID : 50191 TAXREF ID : 92430 NBN System Key : NHMSYS0000457497 WCSPF ID : 303137 Calflora ID : 9076 PfaF ID : Cordyline australis uBio ID : 5417495 Plants of the World online ID : urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:533544-1 VicFlora ID : 1f7eae10-bd98-4ca0-9177-dced0cf80913 APNI ID : 79522 Plant Finder ID (Missouri Botanical Garden) : 282400 Cal-IPC ID : cordyline-australis Invasive Plant Atlas of the United States ID : 18728 Flora of Australia ID (new) : Cordyline australis eBiodiversity ID : 3915 NZPCN ID : 1744 Flowers of India ID : Cabbage Tree Microsoft Academic ID : 2780367267 Observation.org ID : 159146 World Flora Online ID : wfo-0000764205 Dyntaxa ID : 6031498 Open Tree of Life ID : 131646 NZTCS ID : 3986 Portal to the Flora of Italy ID : 9668 Catalogue of Life ID : YCSS National Library of Israel J9U ID : 987007532440305171 Invasive.org species ID : 18728 Gardens Navigator ID : 35164 UMLS CUI : C3344529 BOLD Systems taxon ID : 399925
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