Cordyline minutiflora

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Cordyline minutiflora
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asparagaceae
Subfamily: Lomandroideae
Genus: Cordyline
Species:
C. minutiflora
Binomial name
Cordyline minutiflora
Ridl.

Cordyline minutiflora is a plant species native to Irian Jaya on the island of New Guinea in eastern Indonesia. Type specimen was collected there in 1912 at an elevation of approximately 210 m (700 feet). [1] [2]

Cordyline minutiflora has linear, acuminate leaves up to 20 cm (8 inches) long and 1 cm (0.4 inches) wide. Flowers are borne in a panicle up to 15 cm (6 inches) long; each flower is small, no more than 2 mm (0.08 inches) long on a pedicel 1 mm (0.04 inches) long. [1]

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