Genus of flowering plants in the family Asphodelaceae
This article is about the genus. For the fiber made from these plants, see Flax in New Zealand.
New Zealand flax
Phormium tenax in bloom in Piha, West Auckland, New Zealand
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
Clade:
Tracheophytes
Clade:
Angiosperms
Clade:
Monocots
Order:
Asparagales
Family:
Asphodelaceae
Subfamily:
Hemerocallidoideae
Genus:
Phormium J.R. Forst. & G. Forst.
Type species
Phormium tenax
Species
Phormium colensoi
Phormium tenax
Phormium is a genus of two plant species in the family Asphodelaceae. One species is endemic to New Zealand and the other is native to New Zealand and Norfolk Island.[1] The two species are widely known in New Zealand as flax or their Māori names wharariki and harakeke respectively, and elsewhere as New Zealand flax or flax lily, but they are not closely related to the Northern Hemisphere's flax (Linum usitatissimum), which is native to the region extending from the eastern Mediterranean to India and has been used by humans since 30,000 B.C.[2][3]
^Moore, L.B.; Edgar, E. (1970). Flora of New Zealand. Vol. II. Indigenous Tracheophyta: Monocotyledones except Gramineae. Wellington, N. Z.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^Balter, M (2009). "Clothes make the (Hu) Man". Science. 325 (5946): 1329. doi:10.1126/science.325_1329a. PMID 19745126.
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