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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Cordyline''
| image = Cordyline terminalis dsc03651.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = ''Cordyline fruticosa''
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Liliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Asparagales]]
| familia = [[Laxmanniaceae]]
| genus = '''''Cordyline'''''
| genus_authority = [[Philibert Commerson|Comm.]] ex [[Robert Brown|R.Br.]]
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
See text
}}
'''''Cordyline''''' is a [[genus]] of about 15 species of woody [[monocotyledon]]ous [[flowering plant]]s classified in [[Asparagaceae]] or alternatively the [[segregate (taxonomy)|segregate]] family [[Laxmanniaceae]], in the [[Angiosperm Phylogeny Group]] system, but placed by other authors in [[Agavaceae]] or [[Lomandraceae]]. The genus is native to the western [[Pacific Ocean]] region, from [[New Zealand]], eastern [[Australia]], southeastern [[Asia]], [[Polynesia]] and [[Hawaii]].
;Selected species
*''[[Cordyline australis]]'' (Cabbage Tree)
*''[[Cordyline banksii]]''
*''[[Cordyline baueri]]''
*''[[Cordyline fruticosa]]'' (Ti Plant; syn. ''C. terminalis'')
*''[[Cordyline haageana]]''
*''[[Cordyline indivisa]]''
*''[[Cordyline pumilio]]''
*''[[Cordyline stricta]]''
===Cultivation and uses===
Members of the group are often grown as [[ornamental plant]]s, and the cabbage tree has had culinary and other uses.
[[Category:Asparagales]]
[[Category:Trees]]
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Cordyline''
| image = Cordyline terminalis dsc03651.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = ''Cordyline fruticosa''
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Liliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Asparagales]]
| familia = [[Laxmanniaceae]]
| genus = '''''Cordyline'''''
| genus_authority = [[Philibert Commerson|Comm.]] ex [[Robert Brown|R.Br.]]
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
See text
}}
'''''Cordyline''''' is a [[genus]] of about 15 species of woody [[monocotyledon]]ous [[flowering plant]]s classified in [[Asparagaceae]] or alternatively the [[segregate (taxonomy)|segregate]] family [[Laxmanniaceae]], in the [[Angiosperm Phylogeny Group]] system, but placed by other authors in [[Agavaceae]] or [[Lomandraceae]]. The genus is native to the western [[Pacific Ocean]] region, from [[New Zealand]], eastern [[Australia]], southeastern [[Asia]], [[Polynesia]] and [[Hawaii]].
;Selected species
*''[[Cordyline australis]]'' (Cabbage Tree)
*''[[Cordyline banksii]]''
*''[[Cordyline baueri]]''
*''[[Cordyline fruticosa]]'' (Ti Plant; syn. ''C. terminalis'')
*''[[Cordyline haageana]]''
*''[[Cordyline indivisa]]''
*''[[Cordyline pumilio]]''
*''[[Cordyline stricta]]''
===Cultivation and uses===
Members of the group are often grown as [[ornamental plant]]s, and the cabbage tree has had culinary and other uses.
[[Category:Asparagales]]
[[Category:Trees]]
