Biology:Coprosma autumnalis
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Short description: Species of plant
| Coprosma autumnalis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Rubiaceae |
| Genus: | Coprosma |
| Species: | C. autumnalis
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| Binomial name | |
| Coprosma autumnalis Colenso
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Coprosma autumnalis or C. grandifolia according to earlier Colenso authority, (In Māori: kanono or raurēkau)[1] is a native forest shrub of New Zealand. Its widespread in both the North and South Islands, and has the largest leaves of any New Zealand coprosma.
Kanono is found in wet and shaded forest areas where it can grow to 6 metres high. Its leaves often have a mottled appearance.
Kanono produces ripe orange fruit between February and May, then flowers around April.[2]
Māori have used the bark to produce a yellow colour for dyeing flax fibre. [1]
C. autumnalis is more commonly known by its earlier name Coprosma grandifolia [3][4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Chitham, Karl (2019). Crafting Aotearoa : a cultural history of making in New Zealand and the wider Moana Oceania. Kolokesa Uafā Māhina-Tuai, Damian Skinner, Rigel Sorzano. Wellington, New Zealand: Te Papa Press. pp. 15. ISBN 978-0-9941362-7-5. OCLC 1118996645. https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1118996645.
- ↑ "Coprosma grandifolia - kanono/raurekau". forestflora.co.nz. http://www.forestflora.co.nz/Plant%20profiles/Coprosma%20grandifolia.htm.
- ↑ Large, Mark F.; Mabberley, David J.; Wood, Elise (December 2020). "Coprosma autumnalis (kanono; Rubiaceae) in New Zealand: nomenclature, iconography and phenology" (in en). Kew Bulletin 75 (4): 37. doi:10.1007/s12225-020-9876-4. ISSN 0075-5974. http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s12225-020-9876-4.
- ↑ de Lange, P.J. "Coprosma autumnalis" (in en). https://www.nzpcn.org.nz/flora/species/coprosma-autumnalis/.
Wikidata ☰ Q5168955 entry
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