Coprosma cuneata | |
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Plate XV Coprosma cuneata [1] | |
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 | |
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. [3]
In both 2004 and 2009 it was deemed to be "Unthreatened" under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, [3] and this classification was reaffirmed in 2018. [4]
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