Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Gentianales Juss. ex Bercht. & J.Presl
Family
Rubiaceae
Genus
Coprosma J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Coprosma microcarpa Hook.f., Bot. Antarct. Voy. II. (Fl. Nov.-Zel.) Part I, 110 (1852)
Vernacular Name(s):
Small seeded coprosma
 Description

Erect shrub up to 1–(4) m. tall; branches and branchlets slender, densely pubescent when young; bark dark brown. Lvs on slender winged petioles ± 1–1·5 mm. long. Stipules sheathing near base, obovate-oblong, ± apiculate, ± pubescent, ciliate. Lamina rather thin, glab., dark green above, paler below; linear-oblong, obtuse to subacute, ± arcuate, gradually narrowed to base, 5–15 × 1–3 mm. Midrib evident, some secondary veins may be visible, or all venation obscured. Fls solitary, terminal on branchlets. ♂ without calyx; corolla funnel-form to tubular, lobes acute, ciliolate, < tube. ♀ with obscurely toothed calyx; corolla-tube short, < narrow acute lobes. Drupe white, depressed-globose, 3–4–(5) mm. diam.

[From: Allan (1961) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 1.]

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
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