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RNZIH - Horticulture Pages - Clianthus |
 | | The genus Clianthus was described as being veiled in mystery by Colenso because, unlike other native species, he believed that he had never seen it growing commonly and truly in the wild. |
 | | Therefore, Colenso saw Clianthus as belonging to the suite of horticultural crops grown by Maori, which he named as various sorts of taro (Colocasia) and kumara (Ipomaea chrysorhiza), the paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera), the striped New Zealand flax (Phormium colensoi), and the tipara or broadleaved cabbage tree (Cordyline sp.). |
 | | Clianthus (Fabaceae) in New Zealand: a reappraisal of Colenso's taxonomy. |
| www.rnzih.org.nz /pages/Clianthus.htm (1141 words) |
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