Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Asparagales Link
Family
Asphodelaceae Juss.
Genus
Phormium J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Phormium cookianum subsp. hookeri (Hook.f.) Wardle, New Zealand J. Bot. 17: 196 (1979)
Synonymy:
  • ≡ Phormium hookeri Gunn ex Hook.f., Bot. Mag. 114: t. 6973 (1888)
Lectotype designated by Wardle (1979, p. 196): R. Gunn, s.n., K00644300 (image!), probably from a plant in Gunn’s garden in Launceston, Tasmania, transplanted from the Whanganui River (Earp 2014).
 Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
 Bibliography
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R.; Barkla J.W.; Courtney, S.P.; Champion, P.D.; Perrie, L.R.; Beadel, S.N.; Ford, K.A.; Breitwieser, I.; Schönberger, I.; Hindmarsh-Walls, R.; Heenan, P.B.; Ladley, K. 2018: Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2017. New Zealand Threat Classification Series. No. 22. [Not Threatened]
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R.; Champion, P.D.; Courtney, S.P.; Heenan, P.B.; Barkla, J.W.; Cameron, E.K.; Norton, D.A.; Hitchmough, R.A. 2013: Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2012. New Zealand Threat Classification Series 3. Department of Conservation, Wellington. [Not Threatened]
Hooker, J.D. 1888: Phormium hookeri. Botanical Magazine 114: t. 6973.
Wardle, P. 1979: Variation in Phormium cookianum (Agavaceae). New Zealand Journal of Botany 17: 189–196.