Coprosma perpusilla
| Coprosma perpusilla | |
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| Coprosma perpusilla subsp. perpusilla | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Rubiaceae |
| Genus: | Coprosma |
| Species: | C. perpusilla
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| Binomial name | |
| Coprosma perpusilla Colenso, 1890
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Coprosma perpusilla, commonly known as creeping coprosma, is a
specific epithet comes from the Latin per (very) and pusillus (very small), referring to the growth habit.[1]
Taxonomy
When the Coprosma pumila complex was revised by Orchard in 1986, he resurrected C. perpusilla Colenso from synonymy with C. pumila, recognising two subspecies – the
nominate for the plants of New Zealand and Australia, with C. perpusilla ssp. subantarctica erected for the plants on the subantarctic islands.[2]
Description
Creeping coprosma is a prostrate subshrub, with mat-forming stems 300–400 mm long, glabrous, and rooting at the nodes. The small lanceolate to ovate leaves are 4.5–7 mm long and 2–3.5 mm wide, crowded on short shoots. The sessile flowers occur in summer on erect branchlets, and range in colour from greenish white to orange-yellow with red flecks. The fruit is an ovoid drupe 4–6 mm long and yellow-orange to orange-red in colour.[3]
Distribution and habitat
The plant occurs in New Zealand, in Australia where it is native to the states of
References
Notes
Sources
- James, T.A. "Coprosma perpusilla Colenso". PlantNET: New South Wales Flora Online. Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust: Sydney. Retrieved 19 February 2011.
- Orchard, A.E. (1986). "A revision of the Coprosma pumila (Rubiaceae) complex in Australia, New Zealand and the Subantarctic Islands". Brunonia. 9 (2): 119–138. .
- "Coprosma perpusilla subsp. subantarctica Orchard". Flora of Australia Online. ABRS. 1993. Retrieved 19 February 2011.
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