Image: Cordyline-australis-ecotype

Description: Distribution map showing ecotypes (regional variants) of Cordyline australis, Cabbage tree, endemic to New Zealand.   Possible hybridisation with C. pumilio. Leaves floppy. North Cape   Possible hybridisation with C. obtecta. Leaves straight, dark green, narrow. Eastern Northland   Spindly trees with short broad leaves: Māori name Tītī. Northland and Auckland   Robust trees with straight broad leaves, few branches: Māori name Tī manu. Central North Island   Leaves narrow throughout, but lax in north, stiff in south: Māori name Tarariki. East Coast of the North Island   Compact, densely branched trees. Taranaki   Leaves long, relatively broad, flexible: Māori name Wharanui. Southern North Island (west of main divide), South Island (east of main divide)   Robust trees with bluish leaves on the coast; tall trees with narrow, green leaves on river flats. South Island West Coast   Robust trees with broad, lax leaves. Southland   C. australis naturally absent. Catlins, Fiordland, Stewart Island Cordyline australis, the Cabbage tree is a tree endemic to New Zealand. Map based on Simpson, P. (2000). Dancing Leaves: The story of the New Zealand cabbage tree: Tī Kōuka. Christchurch: Canterbury University Press. p. 71.
Title: Cordyline-australis-ecotype
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Author: Kahuroa
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