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Coprosma rigida Cheeseman

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Coprosma rigida Cheeseman, Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 19: 243 (1886 [1887])
Coprosma rigida Cheeseman
Allan, H.H. 1961: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. I. Indigenous Tracheophyta: Psilopsida, Lycopsida, Filicopsida, Gymnospermae, Dicotyledones. Government Printer, Wellington.

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Endemic
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New Zealand
Political Region

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Cheeseman
Cheeseman
Cheeseman, T.F. 1887 ("1886"): On the New Zealand Species of Coprosma. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 19: 218–252.
1886
1887
243
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Coprosma rigida Cheeseman
species
Coprosma rigida

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Gentianales
Rubiaceae
Coprosma
rigida

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Allan, H.H. 1961: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. I. Indigenous Tracheophyta: Psilopsida, Lycopsida, Filicopsida, Gymnospermae, Dicotyledones. Government Printer, Wellington.

Coprosma rigida Cheeseman

Erect shrub up to 2-(5) m. tall, with stiff divaricate branches; bark reddish brown; branchlets wiry, somewhat shining. Lvs on petioles 2-3 mm. long. Stipules triangular, acute, ciliolate, with terminal denticle or not. Lamina thick, coriac., glab., obovate to oblong, rounded to subtruncate at apex, cuneately narrowed to base, ± 10-20 × 3-9 mm. Midrib and principal secondary veins evident, at least below. Fls solitary, terminal on short branchlets. ♂ without calyx; corolla broadly campanulate, lobes broad-ovate acute, = tube. ♀ with short obtuse calyx-teeth; corolla with short tube and rather long, narrow, acute lobes. Drupe orange-yellow or white, ± obovoid, c. 4-6 mm. long.
Dawson, M.I. 2008: Index of chromosome numbers of indigenous New Zealand vascular plants.

Coprosma rigida Cheeseman

n = 22
2n = 44

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Coprosma rigida Cheeseman
Coprosma rigida Cheeseman
Allan, H.H. (1961)
Coprosma rigida Cheeseman
Coprosma rigida Cheeseman
Dawson, M.I. (2008)
Coprosma J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Coprosma rigida Cheeseman
Coprosma rigida Cheeseman
de Lange, P.J.; Gosden, J. et al. (2024)
Coprosma rigida Cheeseman
Coprosma rigida Cheeseman
Coprosma rigida Cheeseman
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R. et al. (2013)
Coprosma rigida Cheeseman
Coprosma rigida Cheeseman
Coprosma rigida Cheeseman
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R. et al. (2018)
Coprosma rigida Cheeseman
Coprosma rigida Cheeseman
Coprosma rigida Cheeseman
Kirk,T. (1899)

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Coprosma rigida Cheeseman
New Zealand
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Coprosma rigida Cheeseman
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
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Coprosma rigida Cheeseman
New Zealand
Gisborne Land District
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Coprosma rigida Cheeseman
New Zealand
Hawke's Bay Land District
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Coprosma rigida Cheeseman
New Zealand
Marlborough Land District
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Coprosma rigida Cheeseman
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
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Coprosma rigida Cheeseman
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
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Coprosma rigida Cheeseman
New Zealand
Otago Land District
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Coprosma rigida Cheeseman
New Zealand
South Auckland Land District
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Coprosma rigida Cheeseman
New Zealand
Southland Land District
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Coprosma rigida Cheeseman
New Zealand
Taranaki Land District
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Coprosma rigida Cheeseman
New Zealand
Wellington Land District
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Coprosma rigida Cheeseman
New Zealand
Westland Land District
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0e89b2e6-ace6-4a04-b4e9-1b394e57be82
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1 January 2000
23 April 2026
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