Coprosma cuneata | |
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Plate XV Coprosma cuneata | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Gentianales |
Family: | Rubiaceae |
Genus: | Coprosma |
Species: | C. cuneata |
Binomial name | |
Coprosma cuneata Hook.f. |
Coprosma cuneata, is a shrub in the Rubiaceae family, native to New Zealand.
Coprosma cuneata is a shrub with clusters of small dark green narrow leaves. The leaves are curved and 9-16mm by 2mm. They are widest at the tip, and have a tuft of small hairs between the base of the pairs of leaves. The fruit is red and persists on the shrub.
Conservation status
In both 2004 and 2009 it was deemed to be "Unthreatened" under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, and this classification was reaffirmed in 2018.
References
- ^ Hooker, J.D. (1844). "Coprosma cuneata". The Botany of the Antarctic Voyage of H.M. Discovery Ships Erebus and Terror in the Years 1839-1843 :under the Command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross. 1: 21., t. 15
- "Coprosma cuneata". International Plant Names Index (IPNI). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries; Australian National Botanic Gardens.
- ^ "Coprosma cuneata | New Zealand Plant Conservation Network". nzpcn.org.nz. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
- Lange, Peter J. de; Rolfe, Jeremy R.; Barkla, John W.; Courtney, Shannel P.; Champion, Paul D.; Perrie, Leon R.; Beadel, Sarah M.; Ford, Kerry A.; Breitwieser, Ilse; Schönberger, Ines; Hindmarsh-Walls, Rowan (2018). "Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2017" (PDF). New Zealand Threat Classification Series. 22: 60. OCLC 1041649797.
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Taxon identifiers | |
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