Coprosma cuneata

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Coprosma cuneata
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Plate XV Coprosma cuneata [1]
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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.

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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]

Conservation status

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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References

  1. 1 2 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
  2. "Coprosma cuneata". International Plant Names Index (IPNI). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  3. 1 2 "Coprosma cuneata | New Zealand Plant Conservation Network". nzpcn.org.nz. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  4. 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.