Phormium tenax
(Agavaceae)
New Zealand flax, New Zealand hemp, bush flax
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New Zealand flax (Phormium tenax) is a plant up to 6 feet tall with smooth, leathery, sword-shaped leaves that grow clumped in a fan shape. Native to New Zealand, Phormium tenax was introduced to Hawaiian Islands as an ornamental plant in the late 1800s. It was introduced to Molokai in the late 1960s or early 1970s.
Phormium tenax information from PIER
Information on Phormium tenax as relevant to Pacific Islands is provided by the Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk project (PIER).
Phormium tenax description and ecology from GISD (ISSG)
A species description and information about the ecology of Phormium tenax as an invasive species is provided from the Global Invasive Species Database (GISD). GISD was created and is maintained by IUCN's Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG).
Phormium tenax information from the Smithsonian's Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Information about Phormium tenax--including nomenclature and synonymy, and status and distribution in Hawaii--is provided by the "Flora of the Hawaiian Islands" website of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Links from this page include descriptive information about the species, as well as worldwide distributional information and general information about the genus.
Phormium tenax information from ITIS
The Integrated Taxonomic Information System ITIS provides authoritative taxonomic information on Phormium tenax, as well as other plants, animals, fungi, and microbes of North America and the world.
IPNI nomenclature info for Phormium tenax
Nomenclatural information about Phormium tenax is provided by The International Plant Names Index (IPNI).
Phormium tenax (Agavaceae): species information from GCW
Information on Phormium tenax as relevant to Pacific Islands is provided by the Global Compendium of Weeds (GCW).
Phormium tenax impact information from GISD (ISSG)
Impact information regarding Phormium tenax as an invasive species is provided from the Global Invasive Species Database (GISD). GISD was created and is maintained by IUCN's Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG).
Phormium tenax management information from GISD (ISSG)
Management information for Phormium tenax as an invasive species is provided from the Global Invasive Species Database (GISD). GISD was created and is maintained by IUCN's Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG).
Phormium tenax information from the Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Information about Phormium tenax in Hawaii is available from the Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands.
Phormium tenax images from PIER
Images of Phormium tenax provided by the Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk project (PIER).
Plants of Hawaii: Phormium tenax -- MAPS
online
Phormium tenax information from the Smithsonian's Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Information about Phormium tenax--including nomenclature and synonymy, and status and distribution in Hawaii--is provided by the "Flora of the Hawaiian Islands" website of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Links from this page include descriptive information about the species, as well as worldwide distributional information and general information about the genus.
Invasive species in the Pacific: A technical review
and draft regional strategy (2000)
The status of invasive plants, vertebrates, arthropods, molluscs, and crustaceans, and options for a regional invasive species strategy for the South Pacific are presented in this series of articles from the South Pacific Regional Environment Programme, 2000.
Phormium tenax worldwide distribution from GISD (ISSG)
Worldwide distribution information about Phormium tenax is provided from the Global Invasive Species Database (GISD). GISD was created and is maintained by IUCN's Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG).
Invasive species in the Pacific: A technical review and draft regional strategy
South Pacific Regional Environmental Programme (SPREP). Sherley, Greg (ed.) . 2000. Invasive species in the Pacific: A technical review and draft regional strategy. Apia, Samoa: South Pacific Regional Environment Programme. ISBN: 982-04-0214-X.
Turning the tide: The eradication of invasive species (proceedings of the International Conference on Eradication of Island Invasives)
Veitch, C.R. and M.N. Clout (eds.) . 2002. Turning the tide: The eradication of invasive species (proceedings of the International Conference on Eradication of Island Invasives). IUCN SSC Invasive Species Specialist Group. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. vii + 414pp. ISBN: 2-8317-0682-3.
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