Class
Family
Classification
Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Nertera ciliata Kirk
Synonymy:
- ≡ Coprosma patrickii Heads, Candollea 51: 389 (1996) nom. nov. pro Nertera ciliata Kirk
Description
Forming patches up to c. 2 dm. diam., stems glab., rather stout to slender; branches and branchlets sts with a few odd hairs. Lvs sub-membr. on ± ciliolate petioles 1–3 mm. long; stipules truncate to bluntly triangular, glab. Lamina glab. or with a very few hairs on both surfaces, broad-ovate, 3–5 × 3–5 mm., subacute to acute or occ. obtuse, ± apicuate, cuneately rounded to base; margins ciliate with flat soft jointed hairs. Fls minute, sessile; calyx truncate, ± ciliolate. Corolla glab., funnelform, c. 3–4 mm. long; lobes 4–5, linear, recurved. Anthers slightly to well-exserted; styles 2–3. Drupe orange, ± hairy, globose, c. 4 mm. diam.
[From: Allan (1961) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 1.]
Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
Phenology
Flowering: Oct.–Jan.; Fruiting: Dec.–Mar.
Bibliography
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R.; Barkla J.W.; Courtney, S.P.; Champion, P.D.; Perrie, L.R.; Beadel, S.N.; Ford, K.A.; Breitwieser, I.; Schönberger, I.; Hindmarsh-Walls, R.; Heenan, P.B.; Ladley, K. 2018: Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2017. New Zealand Threat Classification Series. No. 22. [Not Threatened]
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R.; Champion, P.D.; Courtney, S.P.; Heenan, P.B.; Barkla, J.W.; Cameron, E.K.; Norton, D.A.; Hitchmough, R.A. 2013: Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2012. New Zealand Threat Classification Series 3. Department of Conservation, Wellington. [Not Threatened]
Heads, M.J. 1996: Biogeography, taxonomy and evolution in the Pacific genus Coprosma (Rubiaceae). Candollea 51: 381–405.
