Phormium colensoi

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Liliopsida/Asparagales/Asphodelaceae/Phormium

At a glance

Occurrence records42

Data sources7

Biological traits38

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources7 archives

Databases and archives Phormium colensoi's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility42 records↗

LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

On this page5 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources38 traits

Chemical compositionLOTUS4 compounds

Occurrence & distributionGBIF42 records

Genome at a glanceCCDB2n = 32

01Narrative

Flowers Pods Phormium colensoi (syn. Phormium cookianum – but see below), also called mountain flax, or in Māori, is a perennial plant that is endemic to New Zealand. The greenish, yellow or orange flowers are followed by twisted seed pods. It is less common than the other Phormium species, P. tenax or harakeke. Mountain flax is also called , , , (Williams 1971), (Bell 1890 sic.), coastal flax, hill flax and lesser New Zealand flax.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPGIFTTRY

Size & morphology16

Fruit length100 mm

Leaf length max1 000 mm

Leaf width50 mm

Leaf width max50 mm

Leaf width min50 mm

Plant height1 m

⚠ sources differ — GIFT: 1 m · TRY: 2.25 m

Plant height max2 m

Seed length9 mm

Seed length max9 mm

Seed length min9 mm

Seed mass3.35 mg

Seed mass max3.61 mg

Seed mass min2.94 mg

Seed volume95 mm³

Seed volume max95 mm³

Seed volume min95 mm³

Life cycle & reproduction8

Deciduousnessevergreen

Dispersal typewind

Life formperennial

Life spanperennial

Pollination modebiotic

Pollination syndromebird

Raunkiær life formhemicryptophyte

Reproduction asexualpresent

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment7

Climatetemperate

Climberself-supporting

Epiphyteterrestrial

Growth formherb

Habitat GIFTCoastal

Mycorrhizaabsent

Woodinesswoody

⚠ sources differ — TRY: woody · GIFT: non-woody

Physiology & chemistry6

Leaf dry-matter content (LDMC)419 mg/g

Leaf n5.61 mg/g

Leaf p1.41 mg/g

Nitrogen fixingnon_nitrogen_fixer

Photosynthetic pathwayC3

Specific leaf area (SLA)2.55 mm²/mg

03Chemical composition4 compounds

Compounds documented for Phormium colensoi across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").

Compound class profile4 classes

Naphthalenes and derivatives1

Naphthoquinones1

Stigmastane steroids1

Anthraquinones and anthrones1

Documented compounds4 total

Tissue Source Quantified only

Compound	Amount	Source
1,4-Naphthalenedione, 6-acetyl-5-hydroxy-7-methyl-	present	LOTUS
beta-Sitosterol	present	LOTUS
Chrysophanol	present	LOTUS
Nepodin	present	LOTUS

05DNA & barcodingmolecular

A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Phormium colensoi has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

06Genome at a glanceCCDB

The complete instruction manual Phormium colensoi carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.

Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged

2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.

Chromosomes2n = 32 n = 16

Chromosome records32–322n range32median32mode5records

Chromosome-count records — grouped by value · 2n = full set, n = gamete · click a value for sources & references

2n 325×CCDB · new-zealand · CCDB · nw-europe-fl · CCDB · book-ipcn66 +1

CCDB · new-zealand

CCDB · nw-europe-fl — http://wbd.etibioinformatics.nl/bis/flora.php?selected=beschrijving&menuentry=soorten&id=4900

CCDB · book-ipcn66 — Hair & Beuzenberg 1966

CCDB · book-fedorov — Sato D. 1942

CCDB · book-fedorov — Hair, Beuzenberg 1966

n 161×CCDB · book-ipcn66

CCDB · book-ipcn66 — Hair & Beuzenberg 1966

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type42 records

Wild obs. + sensor1

Museum / vouchered41

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO124 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy

no georeferenced coordinates · 1 records without

Open the mapobservation + sensor1

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy0% within 1 km

>10 km 3

3 georeferenced · 38 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence41

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions3 of 3 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Christchurch, NZ	37
Chicago, US	3
Honolulu, US	1

3 institutions · 41 of 41 vouchered records shown

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