Belongs within: Anthospermeae.
Coprosma is a genus of shrubs and trees with often glandular leaves found around the southwest Pacific, with the highest diversity in New Zealand. Members of the subgenus Lucidae are typically tall shrubs or small trees with large leaves, bearing flowers clustered on axillary peduncles (Allan 1961).
Characters (Allan 1961): Shrubs or trees with simple opposite leaves and interpetiolar stipules usually gland-tipped when young. Plants prevailingly dioecious, but with several types of sexual expressions. Flowers solitary or in fascicles or cymes, seated in a cup formed by partial fusion of two stipulate bracts (forming a calyculus). Calyx-teeth 4–5, usually minute, often absent in male. Corolla-tube usually narrow-funnelform, sometimes campanulate, lobes valvate. Stamens usually inserted near base of corolla-tube; filaments filiform; anthers usually far-exserted, more or less sagittate, apiculate, pendulous. Ovary usually 2-loculed; styles usually 2, very slender, sometimes narrowly clavate in stigmatic region, usually far-exserted. Fruit a succulent, more or less globose drupe with 2–(4) plano-convex pyrenes, usually crowned by withered persistent calyx.
Coprosma Forster & Forster 1776W96
| i. s.: C. arcuata Colenso 1846 (n. d.)A61
| C. ernodeoidesBM00
| C. grandifloraH97
| C. hirtellaBR65
| C. montanaD95
| C. novoguineensisD95
| C. quadrifida (Labillardière) Robinson 1910 (see below for synonymy)BR65
| C. solandri Kirk 1897 (n. d.)A61
|--C. × buchananii Kirk 1892C06 [C. crassifolia × C. robustaA61]
|--C. × cunninghamiiA61 [C. propinqua × C. robustaA61; incl. C. confertaC06]
|--C. × gracilisA61 (see below for synonymy)
|--C. × kirkii Cheesem. 1897C06 [C. acerosa × C. repensA61]
|--C. × neglecta [C. repens × C. rhamnoides]A61
|--C. subg. Coprosma [incl. C. subg. Microcoprosma Allan 1961]W96
| |--C. sect. Coprosma [=C. sect. Foetidae Allan 1961]W96
| | `--*C. foetidissima Forster & Forster 1776W96 (see below for synonymy)
| |--C. sect. Acerosae Allan 1961A61
| | |--C. (sect. *A.) acerosa Cunn. 1839 [incl. C. acerosa f. arenaria Kirk 1899]A61
| | |--C. brunnea (Kirk) Cockayne ex Cheesem. 1925 [=C. acerosa f. brunnea Kirk 1899]A61
| | |--C. intertexta Simpson 1945A61
| | `--C. rugosa Cheeseman 1906A61
| |--C. sect. Antipodae Allan 1961A61
| | |--C. (sect. *A.) antipoda Oliver 1935 [incl. Plagianthus linariifolia Buchanan 1884]A61
| | `--C. cheesemanii Oliver 1935 [incl. C. depressa Cheesem. 1887 non Col. ex Hooker 1853]A61
| |--C. sect. Cuneatae Allan 1961A61
| | |--C. (sect. *C.) cuneata Hooker 1844A61
| | |--C. astonii Petrie 1912A61
| | |--C. banksii Petrie 1898 [incl. C. myrtillifolia var. linearis Hooker 1853]A61
| | |--C. colensoi Hooker 1864 [incl. C. pseudo-colensoi Cockayne & Allan 1934]A61
| | `--C. crenulata Oliver 1917 [incl. C. retusa Petrie 1894 non Hooker 1844]A61
| |--C. sect. Linariifoliae Allan 1961A61
| | `--C. (sect. *L.) linariifolia Hooker 1864 [=C. propinqua var. linariifolia Hooker 1853]A61
| |--C. sect. Microcoprosma Allan 1961 [=C. sect. Rotundifoliae (nom. inv.)]A61
| | |--C. (sect. *M.) rotundifolia Cunn. 1839 [incl. C. rufescens Colenso 1886]A61
| | |--C. areolata Cheeseman 1886 [incl. C. multiflora Colenso 1889]A61
| | |--C. × gracilicaulis [C. rotundifolia × C. tenuicaulis]A61
| | |--C. polymorpha Oliver 1935A61
| | |--C. rhamnoides Cunn. 1839A61 (see below for synonymy)
| | |--C. tenuicaulis Hooker 1853 [incl. C. tenuicaulis var. major Cheeseman 1906]A61
| | `--C. virescens Petrie 1879 [incl. C. divaricata var. pallida Hooker 1853]A61
| |--C. sect. Parviflorae Allan 1961A61
| | |--C. (sect. *P.) parviflora Hooker 1853A61
| | | |--C. p. var. parvifloraA61
| | | `--C. p. var. dumosa Cheeseman 1906A61
| | |--C. ciliata Hooker 1844 (see below for synonymy)A61
| | |--C. microcarpa Hooker 1853 [incl. C. margarita Colenso 1896]A61
| | `--C. propinqua Cunn. 1839 [incl. C. alba Colenso 1892]A61
| | |--C. p. var. propinqua [incl. C. propinqua var. typica Oliver 1935]A61
| | |--C. p. var. latiuscula Allan 1961A61
| | `--C. p. var. martinii Oliver 1935A61
| |--C. sect. Pseudocuneatae Allan 1961A61
| | |--C. (sect. *P.) pseudocuneata Oliver 1928 [incl. C. egmontiana Cockayne 1928]A61
| | `--C. depressa Col. ex Hooker 1853 [incl. C. pubens Petrie 1894 non Gray 1860, C. ramulosa Petrie 1895]A61
| |--C. sect. Pumilae Allan 1961A61
| | |--C. (sect. *P.) pumila Hooker 1847 (see below for synonymy)A61
| | | |--C. p. ssp. pumilaD95
| | | `--C. ‘perpusilla’ ssp. subantarcticaD95
| | `--C. petriei Cheesem. 1886A61
| | |--C. p. var. petriei [incl. C. petriei var. vera Cockayne & Allan 1926]A61
| | `--C. p. var. atropurpurea Cockayne & Allan 1926A61
| |--C. sect. Rigidae Allan 1961A61
| | |--C. (sect. *R.) rigida Cheeseman 1887 (see below for synonymy)A61
| | |--C. crassifolia Colenso 1846 [incl. C. divaricata var. coriacea Hooker 1853, C. pendula Colenso 1889]A61
| | |--C. obconica Kirk 1899A61
| | |--C. rubra Petrie 1885A61 (see below for synonymy)
| | `--C. wallii Petrie in Cheeseman 1925A61
| `--C. sect. Spathulatae Allan 1961A61
| |--C. (sect. *S.) spathulata Cunn. 1839A61
| | |--C. s. ssp. spathulataHL01
| | `--C. s. ssp. hikuruanaHL01
| `--C. arborea Kirk 1878A61
|--C. subg. Lucidae Webb 1996W96
| |--C. sect. Lucidae Webb 1996W96
| | |--C. (subg. *L.) lucida Forster & Forster 1776W96 (see below for synonymy)
| | | |--C. l. var. lucidaA61
| | | `--C. l. var. angustifolia Cheeseman 1925A61
| | `--C. dodonaeifolia Oliver 1935A61
| |--C. sect. Australes Allan 1961A61
| | |--C. (sect. *A.) australis (Rich.) Robinson 1910 (see below for synonymy)A61
| | |--C. acutifolia Hooker 1856A61
| | |--C. macrocarpa Cheeseman 1888A61
| | |--C. robusta Raoul 1844 (see below for synonymy)A61
| | `--C. tenuifolia Cheeseman 1886A61
| `--C. sect. Petiolatae Allan 1961A61
| |--C. (sect. *P.) petiolata Hooker 1856A61
| |--C. chathamica Cockayne 1902A61
| `--C. repens Richard 1832A61 (see below for synonymy)
`--C. subg. Serrula Allan 1961A61
`--C. (subg. *S.) serrulata Hooker ex Buchan. 1871A61
Coprosma australis (Rich.) Robinson 1910 [=Ronabea australis Rich. 1832; incl. C. autumnalis Colenso 1887, C. grandifolia Hooker 1853]A61
Coprosma ciliata Hooker 1844 [incl. C. myrtillifolia Hooker 1844, C. parviflora var. pilosa Cheeseman 1887, C. ciliata var. virgata Hooker 1844]A61
*Coprosma foetidissima Forster & Forster 1776W96 [=C. (sect. *Foetidae) foetidissimaA61; incl. C. affinis Hooker 1844A61, C. pusillaC06, C. sagittata Colenso 1899A61]
Coprosma × gracilisA61 [=C. divaricata var. gracilis Hooker 1853A61; C. lucida × C. rhamnoidesA61; incl. C. viridis Carse 1927A61, C27]
Coprosma lucida Forster & Forster 1776W96 [incl. C. lanceolata Colenso 1899A61, C. lucida var. obovata Kirk 1899A61]
Coprosma pumila Hooker 1847 [incl. C. perpusilla Colenso 1890, C. repens Hooker 1844 non Rich. 1832]A61
Coprosma quadrifida (Labillardière) Robinson 1910 [=Canthium quadrifidum Labillardière 1804; incl. Marquisia billardieri Richard 1819, Coprosma billardieri Hooker 1847]BR65
Coprosma repens Richard 1832A61 [incl. C. baueriA61, C. baueriana Hooker 1853A61, C. baueri var. oblongifolia Kirk 1899A61, C. retusa Hooker 1844A61, C. stockii Williams 1876A61, C. variegataD95]
Coprosma rhamnoides Cunn. 1839A61 [=C. rhamnoides var. vera Cheeseman 1906C06; incl. C. concinna Colenso 1884A61, C. divaricata Cunn. 1839A61, C. rhamnoides var. divaricata Cheeseman 1887A61, C. heterophylla Colenso 1886A61, C. orbiculata Colenso 1890A61]
Coprosma rigida Cheeseman 1887 [incl. C. aurantiaca Colenso 1890, C. lentissima Colenso 1890, C. turbinata Colenso 1892]A61
Coprosma robusta Raoul 1844 [incl. C. robusta var. angustata Kirk 1899, C. coffaeoides Colenso 1889, C. robusta var. parva Kirk 1899]A61
Coprosma rubra Petrie 1885A61 [incl. C. filiformis msA61, C. divaricata var. latifolia Hooker 1853A61, C. latifolia Col. ex Cheesem. 1887C06]
*Type species of generic name indicated
References
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[BR65] Black, J. M., & E. L. Robertson. 1965. Flora of South Australia. Part IV. Oleaceae–Compositae. W. L. Hawes, Government Printer: Adelaide.
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[C27] Carse, H. 1927. Botanical notes, with descriptions of new species. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 57: 89–93.
[C06] Cheeseman, T. F. 1906. Manual of the New Zealand Flora. John Mackay, Government Printer: Wellington.
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