New Zealand Journal of Botany abstract

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B97017

Received 27 March 1997; accepted 2 October 1997

New Zealand Journal of Botany, 1998, Vol. 36: 65-69

0028-825X/98/3601-065 $7.00 (c) The Royal Society of New Zealand 1998

Coprosma decurva (Rubiaceae), a new species from New Zealand

MICHAEL HEADS

Botany Department
University of Otago
P. O. Box 56
Dunedin, New Zealand

Abstract  Coprosma decurva, a new species of small-leaved shrub, is described from North, South, and Stewart Islands of New Zealand. It was formerly included under C. parviflora Hook.f. but has been recognised as distinct since 1961. It differs from related species through its decurved branches, oblong leaves with rounded not cuneate bases, bright red fruits, distinctive flavonoid chemistry, chromosome number 2n = 44, and a distribution which is disjunct along the Alpine fault.

Keywords  taxonomy; new species; seed plants; dicotyledons; Rubiaceae; Anthospermeae; Coprosma; New Zealand

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