Cunninghamia: a journal of plant ecology for eastern Australia © 2009 Botanic Gardens Trust www.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/science/Scientific_publications/cunninghamia SHORT COMMUNICATION Was Phormium tenax introduced to Norfolk Island by the Polynesians?

• Main Authors: Kevin Mills, J. R. Forst
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Campbell Island; New Zealand; Pacific; Auckland Islands
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.595.8159; http://www.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0013/103117/Cun112171Mil.pdf

Abstract: Phormium tenax (New Zealand Flax) is a large rhizomatous perennial herb with a natural distribution restricted to the southwest Pacific, primarily on the New Zealand islands. The species ’ extra-New Zealand distribution is confined to smaller islands to the north and east, namely the Chath...