Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Gentianales Juss. ex Bercht. & J.Presl
Family
Rubiaceae
Genus
Coprosma J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
 Subordinate Taxa
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Coprosma lucida J.R.Forst. & G.Forst., Char. Gen. Pl., ed. 2. 138 (1776)
Synonymy:
  • = Ronabea australis A.Rich., Essai Fl. Nouv.-Zél., 265 (1832)
  • ≡ Coprosma australis (A.Rich.) Robinson, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 45: 408 (1910)
Vernacular Name(s):
Kākaramū; Kākarangū; Karamū; Kāramuramu; Karangū; Patutiketike; Shining karamu
 Description

Shrub or tree up to 3–(6) m. tall; branches and branchlets stout, glab.; bark reddish brown. Lvs opp. on stout glab. petioles 10–30 mm. long; wing narrow, decurrent. Stipules short, triangular-truncate, ± ciliolate; denticles 1–3, prominent. Lamina thick, coriac., glab., glossy dark green above, paler below, obovate to narrow-obovate to broad-elliptic, abruptly narrowed to produced midrib, cuneately narrowed to petiole; ± (8) - 12–17 × 3–4 cm.; margins sts waved or distantly crenulate. Veins with close reticulations, evident below and often above. ♂ in dense clusters on simple or branched peduncles 10–15 mm. long, often with Iflike bracts at angles; calyx cupular, teeth 4–5, obtuse; corolla funnelform, lobes 5–6, acute, ± = tube. ♀ 3–4 per cluster, on trichotomously branched peduncles, main peduncle c. 3 cm. long; calyx cupular, teeth 5–6, short, triangular; corolla funnelform, tube ± 2 mm., lobes 5–6, acute. Drupe orange-red, oblong 8–12 mm. long.

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

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
Number of subspecific taxa in New Zealand within Coprosma lucida J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
CategoryNumber
Indigenous (Endemic)2
Total2
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