Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Gentianales Juss. ex Bercht. & J.Presl
Family
Rubiaceae
Genus
Coprosma J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Coprosma linariifolia Hook.f., Handb. New Zealand Fl. 118 (1864)
Synonymy:
  • = Coprosma propinqua var. lineariifolia Hook.f., Bot. Antarct. Voy. II. (Fl. Nov.-Zel.) Part I, 109 (1853)
Vernacular Name(s):
Mikimiki; Yellow wood
 Description

Tree up to ± 6 m. tall, with a definite trunk, sts reduced to a shrub; wood yellow; branchlets slender, ± drooping, puberulous, subtetragonous. Lvs on slender petioles 1–2 mm. long. Stipules connate into tubular sheath c. 4–5 mm. long, ciliate, with 2 acute to acuminate denticles. Lamina coriac., dark green above, paler below, obliquely linear to linear-lanceolate, acute, ciliate, sts slightly curved to arcuate, (15)–20–30–(40) × 2–4–(5) mm. Margins us. purplish with minute crenulations. Midrib (impressed above) and us. some secondary veins visible below. ♂ in clusters of 2–5 terminal on lateral branchlets, clusters invested by 2–3 broad stipular sheaths; calyx 0; corolla campanulate, lobes broad-triangular, acute, ± = tube. ♀ solitary, terminal on lateral branchlets, invested by stipular sheath; calyx-lobes c. 2 mm. long, narrow; corolla-lobes linear, subacute to obtuse, ± = tube. Drupe translucent, white, oblong, c. 6 mm. long.

[From: Allan (1961) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 1.]

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
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