Class
Family
Classification
Subordinate Taxa
- Coprosma acerosa
- Coprosma acutifolia
- Coprosma antipoda
- Coprosma arborea
- Coprosma areolata
- Coprosma atropurpurea
- Coprosma brunnea
- Coprosma chathamica
- Coprosma cheesemanii
- Coprosma ciliata
- Coprosma colensoi
- Coprosma crassifolia
- Coprosma crenulata
- Coprosma cuneata
- Coprosma decurva
- Coprosma depressa
- Coprosma distantia
- Coprosma dodonaeifolia
- Coprosma dumosa
- Coprosma elatirioides
- Coprosma foetidissima
- Coprosma fowerakeri
- Coprosma grandifolia
- Coprosma intertexta
- Coprosma linariifolia
- Coprosma lucida
- Coprosma macrocarpa
- Coprosma microcarpa
- Coprosma neglecta
- Coprosma niphophila
- Coprosma obconica
- Coprosma parviflora
- Coprosma pedicellata
- Coprosma perpusilla
- Coprosma petiolata
- Coprosma petriei
- Coprosma propinqua
- Coprosma pseudociliata
- Coprosma pseudocuneata
- Coprosma repens
- Coprosma rhamnoides
- Coprosma rigida
- Coprosma robusta
- Coprosma rotundifolia
- Coprosma rubra
- Coprosma rugosa
- Coprosma serrulata
- Coprosma spathulata
- Coprosma talbrockiei
- Coprosma tenuicaulis
- Coprosma tenuifolia
- Coprosma virescens
- Coprosma waima
- Coprosma wallii
Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Coprosma J.R.Forst. & G.Forst., Char. Gen. Pl. 137, t.69 (1775)
Synonymy:
- = Pelaphia Banks & Sol. nom. inval.
Type Taxon:
Vernacular Name(s):
Coprosma; Karamū; Looking-glass plant; Mirror plant
Description
Plants prevailingly dioec., but with several types of sexual expression. Fls solitary or in fascicles or cymes, seated in a cup formed by the partial fusion of 2 stipulate bracts (forming a calyculus). Calyx-teeth 4–5, us. minute, often absent in ♂. Corolla-tube us. narrow-funnelform, sts campanulate, lobes valvate. Stamens us. inserted near base of corolla-tube; filaments filiform; anthers us. far-exserted, ± sagittate, apiculate, pend. Ovary us. 2-loculed; styles us. 2, very slender, sts narrowly clavate in stigmatic region, us. far-exserted. Fr. a succulent ± globose drups with 2–(4) plano-convex pyrenes, us. crowned by withered persistent calyx. Shrubs or trees with simple opp. lvs and interpetiolar stipules us. gland-tipped when young.
[From: Allan (1961) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 1.]
Biostatus
Indigenous (Non-endemic)
| Category | Number |
|---|---|
| Indigenous (Endemic) | 51 |
| Indigenous (Non-endemic) | 3 |
| Total | 54 |
Bibliography
Cheeseman, T.F. 1887 ("1886"): On the New Zealand Species of Coprosma. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 19: 218–252.
Forster, J.R.; Forster, G. 1775: Characteres Generum Plantarum:quas in itinere ad insulas maris Australis, collegerunt, descripserunt, delinearunt, annis 1772-1775. Edition 1. London.
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.
