Coprosma elegans

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Coprosma elegans
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Genus: Coprosma
Species:
C. elegans
Binomial name
Coprosma elegans
Utteridge, 2002 [1]

Coprosma elegans is a flowering plant species in the genus Coprosma found in New Guinea.

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References

  1. Utteridge Kew Bull. 57(1): 199–200, f. 2 2002

"Coprosma elegans" at the Encyclopedia of Life