Coprosma pumila

Coprosma pumila

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gentianales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Gentianales

Familia: Rubiaceae
Subfamilia: Rubioideae
Tribus: Anthospermeae
Genus: Coprosma
Species: Coprosma pumila

Name

Coprosma pumila Hook.f., Bot. Antarct. Voy. I. (Flora Antarctica): 543 (1844), London J. Bot. 6: 465 [bis] (1847), Bot. Antarct. Voy. II. (Fl. Nov.-Zel.). 1: 111 (1852)

• Typus: R.C. Gunn 304/1837 (February 1837; K(-K000349218, -K000349219), 'type' sensu Oliver 1935: 36; isotypi: GH-GH00092558, P-P02285192).
• Type locality: Australia. Tasmania: Middlesex Plains and Middlesex River.
  • Note: there exists a 'syntype' with the same collector and the number, but with different date (18 February 1843) and locality ([Australia.] Tasmania: Near Arthur's Lakes) stored in K (K000349217).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Coprosma repens var. pumila (Hook.f.) Kirk, Stud. Fl. New Zealand: 245 (1899)

Notes

Coprosma repens Hook.f., Bot. Antarct. Voy. I. (Flora Antarctica): 22, t. 16, B. (1844), nom. illeg., non A.Rich. (1832) had been once cited as a synonym of C. pumila by Oliver (1935: 33), but was later placed under Coprosma perpusilla subsp. subantarctica by Orchard (1986).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Africa Regional: Australsia Tasmania, Victoria References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Hooker, J.D. 1844. The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. discovery ships Erebus and Terror in the Years 1839–1843. Vol. 1. Flora Antarctica. 574 pp. London: Reeve. BHL Reference page. 
• Hooker, J.D. 1847. Florae Tasmaniae Spicilegium, or, Contributions towards a Flora of Van Diemen's Land. London Journal of Botany 6: 106–125, 265–286, 461–479. BHL Reference page. 
• Hooker, J.D. 1852–1853. The botany of the Antarctic voyage [...] Vol. 2. Flora Novae-Zelandiae, Part 1, Flowering plants. (p 1–160, 1852; 161–312, 1853). London: Reeve. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Kirk, T. 1899. The students' flora of New Zealand and the outlying islands. 408 pp., John Mackay, Wellington. BHL Reference page. 
• Oliver, W.R.B. 1935. The genus Coprosma. Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin 132: 1–207. Google Books. Google Books (another version). Reference page. 
• Orchard, A.E. 1986. A revision of the Coprosma pumila (Rubiaceae) complex in Australia, New Zealand and the Subantarctic Islands. Brunonia 9(2): 119–138. DOI: 10.1071/BRU9860119 Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Coprosma pumila in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 November 8. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Coprosma pumila. Published online. Accessed: 8 November 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Coprosma pumila. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 8 November 2021.

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