Biology:Coprosma cuneata
From HandWiki
Short description: Species of plant
| Coprosma cuneata | |
|---|---|
| |
| Plate XV Coprosma cuneata[1] | |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Rubiaceae |
| Genus: | Coprosma |
| Species: | C. cuneata
|
| Binomial name | |
| Coprosma cuneata | |
Coprosma cuneata, is a shrub in the Rubiaceae family, native to New Zealand.
Coprosma cuneata is a shrub with clusters of small dark green narrow leaves. The leaves are curved and 9-16mm by 2mm. They are widest at the tip, and have a tuft of small hairs between the base of the pairs of leaves. The fruit is red and persists on the shrub.[3]
Conservation status
In both 2004 and 2009 it was deemed to be "Unthreatened" under the New Zealand Threat Classification System,[3] and this classification was reaffirmed in 2018.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Hooker, J.D. (1844). "Coprosma cuneata". The Botany of the Antarctic Voyage of H.M. Discovery Ships Erebus and Terror in the Years 1839-1843 :under the Command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross 1: 21. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3011359., t. 15
- ↑ "Coprosma cuneata". International Plant Names Index (IPNI). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://www.ipni.org/n/747396-1.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Coprosma cuneata | New Zealand Plant Conservation Network". http://nzpcn.org.nz/flora_details.aspx?ID=1710.
- ↑ Lange, Peter J. de; Rolfe, Jeremy R.; Barkla, John W.; Courtney, Shannel P.; Champion, Paul D.; Perrie, Leon R.; Beadel, Sarah M.; Ford, Kerry A. et al. (2018). "Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2017". New Zealand Threat Classification Series 22: 60. OCLC 1041649797. https://www.doc.govt.nz/globalassets/documents/science-and-technical/nztcs22entire.pdf.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q15431558 entry
 |  |
