Native to Antipodean Is., Chatham Is., New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Norfolk Is.; introduced into Ascension, Azores, Canary Is., Falkland Is., Great Britain, Guatemala, Hawaii, Ireland, Juan Fernández Is., Kermadec Is., Madeira, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, St.Helena, Tasmania, Tristan da Cunha (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 2 countries.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

No collection number

November 26, 2007

Location

New Zealand, Waikato

-37.534917, 175.740389

Location Remarks

Mount Te Aroha. Domain Trail

Collectors

No collectors specified

91.73

June 30, 2006

Location

United States, California (UC Santa Cruz Arboretum)

Location Remarks

1156 High St., Santa Cruz

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Asparagales

Family

Asphodelaceae

Genus

Phormium

Specific Epithet

tenax

Authorship

J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Moderate

ED 12.9

Moderately distinct — it has closer living relatives than the most isolated species.

EDGE Research

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

1.1

Global rank

#38,135 of 335,497

Top 12%

Extinction probability

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →