MULTILINGUAL MULTISCRIPT PLANT NAME DATABASE

Sorting Phormium names

Species on this page ( A = names approved by most authorities, s = approved as synonyms) :

 


NOTES

Phormium colensoi Hook. f.

ENGLISH :  Coastal lily, Mountain flax, New Zealand flax, Long-leaved New Zealand flax, Wharariki (Maori).

SPANISH : Lino de montaña.

 

Considered by some authors as a synonym of Phormium cookianum Le Jol.

Phormium cookianum Le Jol.

SYNONYM(S) :    Phormium hookeri Gunn ex Hook. f.

ENGLISH :  Coastal lily, Mountain flax, New Zealand flax, Long-leaved New Zealand flax, Wharariki (Maori).

JAPANESE :  フォルミウム・コオキアヌム  Forumiumu kookianumu,   プホルミウム・コオキアヌム   Puhorumiumu kookianumu.

SPANISH : Lino de montaña.

Phormium cookianum Le Jol. 'Flamingo'

Photograph at Heronswood Nursery (USA).

Phormium cookianum Le Jol. subsp. hookeri  'Cream Delight'

Phormium cookianum Le Jol. subsp. hookeri  'Tricolor'

Phormium tenax J. R.Forst. & G.Forst.

DANISH : New zealandhoer, New zealandhamp.

DUTCH : Nieuw-zeelands vlas, Nieuw-zeelandse hennep.

ENGLISH :  Flax lily, Harakeke (Maori),  Harakeke lily, Harareke (Maori), Korari  (Maori), St. Helena hemp, New Zealand flax, New Zealand hemp, Swamp flax.

FRENCH : Chanvre de la Nouvelle Zélande, Lin de la Nouvelle Zélande.

GERMAN : Neuseelaendischer Hanf, Neuseelaendischer Flachs.

ITALIAN : Canapa della Nuova Zelanda, Lino della Nuova Zelanda.

JAPANESE :   マオラン  Maoran,   ニュージーランドアサ   Nyuujiiran doasa,

ニューサイラン ·  フォルミウム  Nyuusairan forumiumu,   新西蘭 フォルミウム  Nyuusairan forumiumu.

PORTUGUESE : Cânhamo da Nova Zelândia, Fôrmio (Brazil), Linho da Nova Zelândia.

RUSSIAN :   Новозеландский лён   Novozelandskii len.

SPANISH : Cáñamo de Nueva Zelanda, Lino de Nueva Zelanda, Lirio de espada.

 

Phormium tenax J. R.Forst. & G.Forst. (Purpureum Group)

Phormium tenax J. R.Forst. & G.Forst. (Purpureum Group) 'Dark Delight'

SYNONYM(S) :   Phormium ‘Double Delight’

Photographs at Fernwood Nursery (UK).

ニューサイラン　‘アプリコット・クィーン’

Phormium tenax J. R.Forst. & G.Forst. (Variegatum Group)

Types :  Brown variegated, Red variegated, Yellow variegated.


Phormium tenax J. R.Forst. & G.Forst. (Variegatum Group)  'Apricot Queen'

ENGLISH :  Yellow-variegated flax 'Apricot Queen'.

JAPANESE :   ニューサイラン　‘アプリコット・クィーン’  Nyuusairan 'Apurikotto kuiin'.

Photographs at Fernwood Nursery (UK).

Phormium tenax J. R.Forst. & G.Forst. (Variegatum Group)  'Cream Delight'

Photographs at Fernwood Nursery (UK).

Phormium tenax J. R.Forst. & G.Forst. (Variegatum Group)  'Dazzler'

Photographs at Fernwood Nursery (UK).

Phormium tenax J. R.Forst. & G.Forst. (Variegatum Group)  'Emerald Pink'

Photographs at Fernwood Nursery (UK).

Phormium tenax J. R.Forst. & G.Forst. (Variegatum Group)  'Guardsman'

 Photographs at Fernwood Nursery (UK).

Phormium tenax J. R.Forst. & G.Forst. (Variegatum Group)  'Jester'

Photograph by Chrissie Harten at The Gardener
Photograph Thompson & Morgan catalogue.

 

Phormium tenax J. R.Forst. & G.Forst. (Variegatum Group)   ‘Maori Elegance’

Photographs at Fernwood Nursery (UK).


REFERENCES
General Bibliography

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REFERENCES
Complementary / Specific

 

EURODICAUTOM, On-line Technical Dictionary in 12 languages provided by the European Commission < http://europa.eu.int/eurodicautom/login.jsp >.

Fernwood Nursery (UK).  Cultivar group list < http://www.houseleeks.freeserve.co.uk/phormium/2phgrps.htm >, Registered Cultivars list < http://www.houseleeks.freeserve.co.uk/phormium/2phclist.htm  >.  *****

Mabberley D.J. 1997, The Plant-Book : a Portable Dictionary of the Vascular Plants, 2d Edition, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, U.K.

USDA, ARS, 2002, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN). [Online Database] National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Available: www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxdump.pl?xxxx (xx xxxx 2002).

Wang Zongxun et al. 1996, A New Latin, Chinese, English Botanical Nomenclature. Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Botany. Aviation Industry Publisher, Beijing.

Wiersema J. H. & León B. 1999, World Economic Plants : a Standard Reference. CRC Press LLC.

 

Contributors to this page (Personal communication) : In progress.

 

RESOURCES
Complementary / Specific

Best sources of photographs :

Fernwood Nursery (UK). < http://www.houseleeks.freeserve.co.uk/phormium.htm >. A somewhat formal nursery taking a scientific approach to its substantial collection. Catalogue indicates when a cultivar name is valid (description of valid names is given). Useful growing notes. etc. Perhaps the best site on Phormium we have conme across. *****

Monterey Bay Nursery (USA). < http://www.montereybaynsy.com/index.html >. A number of well illustrated shots including spectacular close-ups.

 

Notes

 

Description and background on the genus & species at Fernwood Nursery (UK). With many interesting stuff. See a bed of  30+ cultivars develop between 1999 & 2003. < http://www.houseleeks.freeserve.co.uk/phormium/2phspcs.htm >.

Particularly attractive cultivars not yet accurately identified (may be published but we have not yet come across). 'Apricot Queen' (see photo at Fernwood Nursery),   'Pink Stripe' (see photo at Heronswood), 'Sundownwer' (see photo at Heronswood), 'Maori Elegance' (see photo at Fernwood Nursery), 'Maori Rainbow Queen' (see photo at Fernwood Nursery), 'Maori Sunrise' (see photo at Monterey Bay).

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