Coprosma virescens: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Gentianales
- Family
- Rubiaceae
- Genus
- Coprosma
- Species
- Coprosma virescens
- Scientific Name
- Coprosma virescens
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Coprosma virescens
Coprosma virescens is an endemic New Zealand plant in the genus Coprosma of the family Rubiaceae. Its Māori name (in common New Zealand usage) is mingimingi, a name which is also applied to closely related species such as C. dumosa, C. rhamnoides, C. propinqua and C. crassifolia. It is a small-leaved shrub or tree which grows 2 to 3 metres (6 ft 7 in to 9 ft 10 in) high. It has very slender, more or less glabrous divaricating branches. The small leaves are petiolate with petioles from 2mm to 5mm long. The leaves narrow suddenly at the petiole and may be up to 9 millimetres (0.35 in) long and 6 millimetres (0.24 in) wide with wavy margins or a few blunt teeth throughout South Island in lower montane forest and scrubland. The apetalous male flowers occur in axillary clusters of one to two on very short branches. Female flowers are found on their own at the ends of short branchlets.
The fruit is an oblong drupe, yellow to white in colour and up to 6 millimetres (0.24 in) long. However, the fruit appears greenish when ripe because of the visible presence of the green seeds within. This feature gives rise to the specific name.
It has a wide distribution, from Masterton southwards on the North Island.
...Coprosma virescens in languages:
- English
- Mikimiki
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Coprosma acerosa
- Coprosma acutifolia
- Coprosma acutifolia × Coprosma macrocarpa macrocarpa
- Coprosma acutifolia × Coprosma macrocarpa minor
- Coprosma arborea
- Coprosma archboldiana
- Coprosma areolata
- Coprosma atropurpurea
- Coprosma australis
- Coprosma autumnalis
- Coprosma banksii
- Coprosma barbata
- Coprosma baueri
- Coprosma benefica
- Coprosma bougainvilleensis
- Coprosma brassii
- Coprosma brunnea
- Coprosma chathamica
- Coprosma cheesemanii
- Coprosma ciliata
- Coprosma colensoi
- Coprosma cookei
- Coprosma cordicarpa
- Coprosma crassifolia
- Coprosma crenulata
- Coprosma cuneata
- Coprosma cymosa
- Coprosma decurva
- Coprosma depressa
- Coprosma distantia
- Coprosma divergens
- Coprosma dodonaeifolia
- Coprosma dumosa
- Coprosma elatirioides
- Coprosma elegans
- Coprosma elliptica
- Coprosma ernodeoides
- Coprosma esulcata
- Coprosma fatuhivaensis
- Coprosma foetidissima
- Coprosma foliosa
- Coprosma fowerakeri
- Coprosma glabrata
- Coprosma hirtella
- Coprosma hookeri
- Coprosma huttoniana
- Coprosma inopinata
- Coprosma intertexta
- Coprosma kauensis
- Coprosma kawaikiniensis
- Coprosma laevigata
- Coprosma lanceolaris
- Coprosma linariifolia
- Coprosma longifolia
- Coprosma lucida
- Coprosma macrocarpa
- Coprosma menziesii
- Coprosma meyeri
- Coprosma microcarpa
- Coprosma montana
- Coprosma moorei
- Coprosma neglecta
- Coprosma nephelephila
- Coprosma niphophila
- Coprosma nitida
- Coprosma nivalis
- Coprosma novaehebridae
- Coprosma obconica
- Coprosma ochracea
- Coprosma ochracea × rhynchocarpa
- Coprosma oliveri
- Coprosma papuensis
- Coprosma parviflora
- Coprosma pedicellata
- Coprosma perpusilla
- Coprosma persicifolia
- Coprosma petiolata
- Coprosma petriei
- Coprosma pilosa
- Coprosma polymorpha
- Coprosma prisca
- Coprosma propinqua
- Coprosma pseudociliata
- Coprosma pseudocuneata
- Coprosma pubens
- Coprosma pumila
- Coprosma putida
- Coprosma pyrifolia
- Coprosma quadrifida
- Coprosma raiateensis
- Coprosma rapensis
- Coprosma repens
- Coprosma repens x robusta
- Coprosma reticulata
- Coprosma rhamnoides
- Coprosma rhynchocarpa
- Coprosma rigida
- Coprosma robusta
- Coprosma rotundifolia
- Coprosma rubra
- Coprosma rugosa
- Coprosma savaiiensis
- Coprosma serrulata
- Coprosma setosa
- Coprosma spathulata
- Coprosma strigulosa
- Coprosma sundana
- Coprosma tahitensis
- Coprosma talbrockiei
- Coprosma temetiuensis
- Coprosma tenuicaulis
- Coprosma tenuifolia
- Coprosma ternata
- Coprosma velutina
- Coprosma virescens
- Coprosma waima
- Coprosma waimeae
- Coprosma wallii
- Coprosma wollastonii
- Coprosma × arcuata
- Coprosma × buchananii
- Coprosma × gracilicaulis
- Coprosma × gracilis
- Coprosma × molokaiensis
- Coprosma × tadgellii
- Coprosma ×cunninghamii
- Coprosma ×kirkii