Coprosma atropurpurea (Cockayne & Allan) L.B.Moore

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Family

Rubiaceae

Genus

Coprosma

Synonyms

Coprosma petriei var. atropurpurea Cockayne & Allan

Other taxa in genus

Glossary

variety: (var.) Taxonomic rank (varietas) grouping variants of a species with relatively minor differentiation in a few characters but occurring as recognisable populations. Often loosely used for rare minor variants more usefully ranked as forms.

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A dwarf plant with prostrate stems forming broad patches 2 to 3 in. high. The leaves are dark green, densely crowded, narrow oblong or obovate, 1⁄8 to 1⁄4 in. long, more or less hairy. Fruit ranging the colour of port-wine, only borne in the presence of a male plant.

Formerly treated as a variety of C. petriei, but it was long noticed that the two formed distinct populations, not crossing in the wild – striking, in view of the readiness with which the coprosmas hybridise (Fl. New Zealand, Vol. 1, p. 566).

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