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Coprosma nitida Hook.f.
Family Rubiaceae
Coprosma nitida Hook.f. APNI*

Synonyms: Coprosma sp. C sensu Jacobs & Pickard (1981) APNI*

Description: Erect shrub to c. 2 m high; branches often spinescent, pubescent.

Leaves linear-oblong to narrow-lanceolate or narrow-ovate, mostly 0.5–2 cm long, 2–5 mm wide, apex obtuse or acute, lamina glossy, glabrous, midvein distinct, shortly petiolate; stipules tubular, pubescent, margins ciliate.

Flowers solitary, terminal on short, lateral branches. Male flowers with calyx well-developed; corolla wide-funnel-shaped, lobes longer than tube. Female flowers with corolla tubular, c. 2 mm long, ± equal to calyx, lobes longer than tube, recurved.

Drupe oblong, c. 10 mm long, orange-red, crowned by persistent calyx lobes.


Habit
Photo J. R. Hosking

Other photo
Photo J. R. Hosking

Flowering: late spring to summer.

Distribution and occurrence: Grows in eucalypt woodland, recorded only from Barrington Tops.
NSW subdivisions: NT, CWS
Other Australian states: Vic. Tas.
AVH map***

Text by T. A. James
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 3 (1992)


APNI* Provides a link to the Australian Plant Name Index (hosted by the Australian National Botanic Gardens) for comprehensive bibliographic data
***The AVH map option provides a detailed interactive Australia wide distribution map drawn from collections held by all major Australian herbaria participating in the Australian Virtual Herbarium project.
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