Coprosma pseudocuneata W.R.B.Oliv. ex Garn.-Jones & Elder

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Name scientific

Coprosma pseudocuneata W.R.B.Oliv. ex Garn.-Jones & Elder, Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 59: 729 (1928)

Preferred name

Coprosma pseudocuneata W.R.B.Oliv. ex Garn.-Jones & Elder

Taxonomy reference

Garnock-Jones, P.J.; Elder, R. 1996: Nomenclatural validation of Coprosma pseudocuneata (Rubiaceae). New Zealand Journal of Botany 34(1): 139–140.

Linked name

Coprosma pseudocuneata W.R.B.Oliv. ex Garn.-Jones & Elder

Biostatus

Origin

Occurrence

Georegion

Schema

Biostatus source

Comment

Endemic

Wild

New Zealand

Political Region

Nomenclature

Authors

W.R.B.Oliv. ex Garn.-Jones & Elder

Original authors

Garn.-Jones & Elder

Publication place

Laing, R.M.; Oliver, W.R.B. 1929 ("1928"): Vegetation of the Upper Bealey River Basin, with a list of the species. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 59: 715–730.

Year published

1928

Publication page

729

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Coprosma pseudocuneata W.R.B.Oliv. ex Garn.-Jones & Elder

Taxonomic rank

species

Canonical form

Coprosma pseudocuneata

Typification

Garnock-Jones & Elder (1996) validly published this species, originally named by Laing & Oliver (1928)

Garnock-Jones, P.J.; Elder, R. 1996: Nomenclatural validation of Coprosma pseudocuneata (Rubiaceae). New Zealand Journal of Botany 34(1): 139–140.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Gentianales

Family

Rubiaceae

Genus

Coprosma

Species

pseudocuneata

Synonyms

Associations

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Associated organism

Association source

is host of

Austrolejeunea olgae (R.M.Schust.) R.M.Schust.

CHR (1 records from [Not available].)

is host of

Metzgeria furcata (L.) Corda

CHR (1 records from [Not available].)

is host of

Radula splendida M.A.M.Renner & N.Devos

CHR (1 records from [Not available].)

Descriptions

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

Coprosma cuneata sensu Hook.f.

Description

Scrambling or suberect, up to c. 2 m. tall, us. shorter; branches slender, ± divaricate, bark dark brown; branchlets ± interlacing, very slender, pubescent. Lvs fascicled on very short branchlets. Stipules triangular, pubescent, obtuse to subacute, ciliolate with long tuft at apex. Lamina rigid, coriac., dark green above, paler below, narrow-cuneate, us. ± arcuate, (5)-9-16 × (1)-2-(3·5) mm., retuse or sts rounded, occ. mucronulate, gradually narrowed to base; margins thickened, recurved. Midrib and sts secondary veins evident, at least below. Fls solitary on arrested branchlets. Drupe clear red, globose. 3-(5) mm. diam.

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

Coprosma pseudocuneata W.R.B.Oliv. ex Garn.-Jones & Elder

Description

Spreading shrub up to c. 3 m. tall, us. shorter, sts reduced to ± 5 cm. when much exposed (the lvs also reduced). Branches rather stout; branchlets subtetragonous, ± pubescent. Lvs fascicled on short branches; petioles short, stout. Stipules ovate- oblong, obtuse, glab. or nearly so on surfaces, sheathing at base; marginal cilia long, white. Lamina thick, coriac., dark green above, paler below; cuneate-oblong to narrow-obovate, ± curved, obtuse to subacute, cuneately narrowed to base, (5)-15-20 × (1·5)-2-4-6 mm. Midrib obscure above, evident (and sts a few secondary veins) below. Fls solitary, terminal on short branchlets. ♂ without calyx; corolla campanulate, lobes oblong, obtuse, ± = tube. ♀ with linear obtuse calyx-teeth ± 2 mm. long; corolla tubular, lobes narrowly ovate-oblong, > tube. Drupe scarlet, oblong, 5-6 mm. long.

Dawson, M.I. 2008: Index of chromosome numbers of indigenous New Zealand vascular plants.