Coprosma cheesemanii
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| Coprosma cheesemanii | |
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| A Coprosma cheesemanii from Nelson Lakes National Park | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Rubiaceae |
| Genus: | Coprosma |
| Species: | C. cheesemanii |
| Binomial name | |
| Coprosma cheesemanii W.R.B.Oliv., 1934 | |
Coprosma cheesemanii is a species of Coprosma from New Zealand. It is a low shrub with green flowers and small leaves.[2][1][3][4]
The description the New Zealand Plant Conservation Network provides is:
Low growing, very small leaved shrub with branches bearing perpendicular short leafy branches giving a flattened appearance inhabiting upland areas. Twigs fuzzy. Leaves glossy, narrow, 8-11mm long, tip pointed, in clusters of pairs, with a line of small hairs between the leaf bases. Fruit orange or reddish.[1]
Range
North and South Islands, from Mt. Hikurangi south.
