Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 280 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Cordyline cannifolia R.Br. (ref. Taxon 33 (1984) 300).

• Comment: Index Nominum Genericorum 1 (1979) 422 and I.C.B.N. (1983) both give the author as A.L. de Jussieu in Gen. Pl. (4 (Aug. 1789) 41 with the type as Cordyline terminalis (L.) Kunth, however Jussieu did not validly publish the genus therein. See note on conservation in Taxon 33 (1984) 300. Nom. cons. vs CORDYLINE Adans. (1763) (nom. rej.) (ref. I.C.B.N. (1983) No. 1108).

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 117 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Charlwoodia Sweet legitimate

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 268 [alternative name]

alternative name: Dracaena Vand. legitimate

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 553 [secondary reference]

Sulman, F. (1913), A Popular Guide to the Wild Flowers of New South Wales 1: 190-191 [secondary reference]

common name: Cabbage Tree [n/a]

• Etymology: From the Greek kordyle (a cudgel), referring to the club-like form of the stems of some species.

Farr, E.R., Leussink, J.A. & Stafleu, F.A. in Farr, E.R., Leussink, J.A. & Stafleu, F.A. (ed.) (1979), Index Nominum Genericorum 3: 1733 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Terminalis Medik. nom. rej.

Cronquist, A.J. (1981), An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants: 1221 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 7 [secondary reference]

Brummitt, R.K. (1984), Report of the Committee for Spermatophyta: 27. Taxon 33(2): 300 [secondary reference]

• Text: "The conserved name Cordyline is currently attributed to Commerson ex Jussieu, but Jussieu did not validly publish it, clearly giving it in the index of his book as a synonym. The name must now be attributed to Commerson ex R. Brown, and the type must be changed to C. cannifolia R. Brown."

Pedley, L. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1986), Cordyline. Flora of Australia 46: 81 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Taetsia Medik. nom. rej. taxonomic synonym: Charlwoodia Sweet legitimate taxonomic synonym: Calodracon Planch. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Cordyline sect. Charlwoodia (Sweet) F.Muell. legitimate

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Agavaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 63-64 [secondary reference]

Brummitt, R.K. (1992), Vascular Plant Families and Genera: 419 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Taetsia Medik. nom. rej.

Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Asteliaceae. Flora of New South Wales 4: 49 [secondary reference]

common name: Palm Lilies [n/a]

Conran, J.G. & Walsh, N.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Agavaceae. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 720 [secondary reference]

Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994), Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49: 526 [secondary reference]

Conran, J.G. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (1998), Lomandraceae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 3: 363 [secondary reference]

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 152 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Terminalis Medik. nom. rej. taxonomic synonym: Taetsia Medik. nom. rej. taxonomic synonym: Charlwoodia Sweet legitimate taxonomic synonym: Dracaenopsis Planch. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Calodracon Planch. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Cordyline sect. Charlwoodia (Sweet) F.Muell. legitimate

• APC Dist.: NT, SA (naturalised), Qld, NSW (native and doubtfully naturalised), NI, Vic (naturalised)

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 216-217 [secondary reference]

Chase, M.W., Reveal, J.L. & Fay, M.F. (2009), A subfamilial classification for the expanded asparagalean families Amaryllidaceae, Asparagaceae and Xanthorrhoeaceae. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 161(2): 135 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Taetsia Medik. nom. rej. taxonomic synonym: Charlwoodia Sweet legitimate taxonomic synonym: Dracaenopsis Planch. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Calodracon Planch. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Cordyline sect. Eucordyline F.Muell. nom. inval. taxonomic synonym: Cordyline sect. Charlwoodia (Sweet) F.Muell. legitimate

• APC Dist.: NT, SA (naturalised), Qld, NSW (native and doubtfully naturalised), NI, Vic (naturalised)

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