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Cordyline banksii
Forest Cabbage Tree
As recorded: Cordyline banksii Hook.f.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Liliopsida › Asparagales › Asparagaceae
- Collected by
- Melville, R.; Moore, L.B.R. Melville →L.B. Moore →
- Collector number
- 5287
- Date
- November 10, 1961
- Locality
- 3-1/2 mls. W of Broadwood, Hokianga Co., N Island
- Region
- New Zealand
- Identified by
- Melville, R.
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On November 10, 1961, Melville, R.; Moore, L.B. also collected 8 other specimens.
Cordyline banksii observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1961. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 1,151 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-26.

2026-10-26
Waitetuna, New Zealand
(c) mark_smale, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-26
Waitetuna, New Zealand
(c) mark_smale, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-25
Collingwood 7073, New Zealand
(c) Chris Ecroyd, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2026-10-24
Waitetuna, New Zealand
(c) mark_smale, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-23
Northcote, Auckland, New Zealand
(c) Stevia, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)

2026-10-20
West Taratahi, New Zealand
(c) A V, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Cordyline banksii. BISH 433092. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956284587. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/433092.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956284587 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
