Coprosma pumila Hook.f.
Details
Coprosma pumila Hook.f., Bot. Antarct. Voy. I. (Fl. Antarct.) Part II, 543 (1847)
Coprosma pumila Hook.f.
Nomenclature
Hook.f.
Hook.f.
1847
543
ICN
Coprosma pumila Hook.f.
species
Coprosma pumila
Classification
Descriptions
Coprosma pumila Hook.f.
Stems prostrate, creeping and rooting, up to c. 6 dm. long, ± monoec.; branches with dark brown to greyish bark; branchlets slender, glab. Lvs often fascicled, on petioles 1-3 mm. long; stipules triangular, subacute, ciliolate. Lamina coriac. to subfleshy, glab., elliptic to obovate-elliptic, (3)-4-10 × (1)-4 mm., obtuse to subacute, narrowed into winged petiole; margins entire. Midrib alone evident below, impressed above. ♂ solitary, terminal; bracts stipulate, small, calyx-teeth acute; corolla-tube narrowly funnelform, lobes acute; stamens 4-3.♀ solitary, terminal; calyx-teeth acuminate; corolla tubular, lobes acute, style-branches (2)-3-4. Drupe globose, red, 6-10 mm. diam., pyrenes 2-4.
Taxonomic concepts
Historic biostatus
Absent
New Zealand
Political Region
Confined to Tasmania, where it occurs on the northern part of the Central Plateau and on the Ben Lomond plateau at altitudes of 1000-1500 m.
Endemic
Wild
Australia
Political Region
Confined to Tasmania, where it occurs on the northern part of the Central Plateau and on the Ben Lomond plateau at altitudes of 1000-1500 m.
Collections
Identification keys
Notes
taxonomic status
Allan (1961) considered Coprosma pumila to be indigenous to New Zealand and Australia. Orchard (1987) showed that it is not present in New Zealand, being confined to Tasmania. Also see Connor & Edgar (1987), p. 142
Metadata
65e4b651-68b2-448b-97e7-04ff3068cf55
scientific name
Names_Plants
13 March 2002
21 November 2005