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Coprosma rhamnoides A.Cunn.

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Coprosma rhamnoides A.Cunn., Ann. Nat. Hist. 2: 206 (1839)
Coprosma rhamnoides A.Cunn.

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Endemic
Wild
New Zealand
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A.Cunn.
A.Cunn.
1839
206
ICN
Coprosma rhamnoides A.Cunn.
species
Coprosma rhamnoides

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rhamnoides

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Spreading shrub up to 2 m. tall; branches slender, ± divaricate; branchlets very slender, finely pubescent. Lvs on very slender pubescent petioles 1-2-(4) mm. long. Stipules small, triangular, pubescent. Lamina thin, of diverse form on same plant; broad- to narrow-ovate to elliptic to lanceolate or almost linear, ± curved (sts all lvs narrow), obtuse to subacute, ± cuneately narrowed to base, ± (8)-10-20-(25) × (1) -2-6-(12) mm. Reticulated veins us. obscure above, us. evident below. Fls solitary or 2 together, terminal on arrested branchlets. ♂ without calyx; corolla funnelform, lobes ± = tube, ovate, acute. ♀ with minute calyx-teeth; corolla tubular, lobes narrow, acute, > tube. Drupe dark red, globose, c. 3 mm. diam.

Coprosma rhamnoides A.Cunn.

Spreading much-branched shrub up to 1-(2) m. tall; branches stiff, rather slender, ± divaricate; bark reddish-brown; branchlets finely pubescent. Lvs often fascicled on short branchlets; petioles 1-2-(3) mm., pubescent. Stipules very small, suboblong, obtuse, pubescent, surmounted by conspicuous sharp denticle. Lamina coriac. to submembr., glab., orbicular to broad-ovate to broadly ovate-oblong (young lvs linear-lanceolate or of adult form), obtuse or rounded to truncate to acute, sts apiculate; 7-12 × 4-14 mm., us. showing some diversity on an individual plant; margins us. thickened. Reticulations of veins evident, at least below. ♂ solitary or 2-4 together on short branchlets; calyx 0; corolla funnelform, lobes c. 4 mm. long, > tube, ovate, acute. ♀ solitary on short branchlets; calyx-teeth minute; corolla tubular, lobes narrow, acute, ± = tube. Drupe dark crimson to almost black, depressed-globose, 3-4 mm. diam.

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Coprosma polymorpha W.R.B.Oliv.
Coprosma rhamnoides A.Cunn.
Coprosma rhamnoides A.Cunn.
Coprosma rhamnoides A.Cunn.
Coprosma rhamnoides A.Cunn.
Coprosma rhamnoides A.Cunn.
Coprosma rhamnoides A.Cunn.
Coprosma rhamnoides A.Cunn.
Coprosma rhamnoides A.Cunn.
Coprosma rhamnoides A.Cunn.
Coprosma rhamnoides A.Cunn.
Coprosma rhamnoides A.Cunn.
Coprosma rhamnoides A.Cunn.
Coprosma rhamnoides A.Cunn.
Coprosma rhamnoides A.Cunn.
Coprosma rhamnoides A.Cunn.
Coprosma rhamnoides var. divaricata (A.Cunn.) Cheeseman
Coprosma rhamnoides var. divaricata (A.Cunn.) Cheeseman

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New Zealand
Nelson Land District
New Zealand
Southland Land District
New Zealand
Wellington Land District
Coprosma rhamnoides A.Cunn.
New Zealand
Coprosma rhamnoides A.Cunn.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Coprosma rhamnoides A.Cunn.
New Zealand
Marlborough Land District
Coprosma rhamnoides A.Cunn.
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
Coprosma rhamnoides A.Cunn.
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
Coprosma rhamnoides A.Cunn.
New Zealand
Otago Land District
Coprosma rhamnoides A.Cunn.
New Zealand
South Auckland Land District
Coprosma rhamnoides A.Cunn.
New Zealand
Southland Land District
Coprosma rhamnoides A.Cunn.
New Zealand
Taranaki Land District
Coprosma rhamnoides A.Cunn.
New Zealand
Wellington Land District
Coprosma rhamnoides A.Cunn.
New Zealand
Westland Land District

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5f82ecb6-ac18-4595-b71e-f9cbd6d4235b
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Names_Plants
1 January 2000
11 March 2004
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