''Coprosma'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It is found in New Zealand, Hawaiian Islands, Borneo, Java, New Guinea, islands of the Pacific Ocean to Australia and the Juan Fernández Islands.

Description

The name ''Coprosma'' means "smelling like dung" and refers to the smell ( methanethiol) given out by the crushed leaves of a few species. Many species are small shrubs with tiny evergreen

leaves A leaf (plural, : leaves) is any of the principal appendages of a vascular plant plant stem, stem, usually borne laterally aboveground and specialized for photosynthesis. Leaves are collectively called foliage, as in "autumn foliage", wh ...

, but a few are small trees and have much larger leaves. The flowers have insignificant petals and are wind-pollinated, with long

anther The stamen (plural ''stamina'' or ''stamens'') is the pollen-producing reproductive organ of a flower. Collectively the stamens form the androecium., p. 10 Morphology and terminology A stamen typically consists of a stalk called the filam ...

s and stigmas. Most species are

dioecious Dioecy (; ; adj. dioecious , ) is a characteristic of a species, meaning that it has distinct individual organisms (unisexual) that produce male or female gametes, either directly (in animals) or indirectly (in seed plants). Dioecious reproductio ...

, but some (particularly those native to New Zealand) species can sometimes have individuals with perfect flowers. Natural hybrids are common. The fruit is a non-poisonous juicy berry, most often bright orange (but can be dark red or even light blue), containing two small seeds. The orange fruit of the larger species were eaten by Māori children, and are also popular with birds. It is said that coffee can be made from the seeds, ''Coprosma'' being related to the

coffee plants ''Coffea'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. ''Coffea'' species are shrubs or small trees native to tropical and southern Africa and tropical Asia. The seeds of some species, called coffee beans, are used to flav ...

. A notable feature (also found in other genera of Rubiaceae) is that the leaves contain hollows in the axils of the veins; in these, and on the leaf stipules, nitrogen-fixing bacteria grow. In addition the hollows, or domatia, encourage certain kinds of mites to take up residence, which feed on and reduce parasitic fungi which attack the leaf.

Species

*'' Coprosma acerosa'' A.Cunn. - tataraheke/sand coprosma - New Zealand (incl.

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and Chatham Islands) *'' Coprosma acutifolia'' Hook.f. - Raoul Island *''

Coprosma arborea ''Coprosma arborea'' is a species found in New Zealand, traditionally known in Māori by the name mamangi. The flowers have insignificant petals and are wind pollinated, with long anthers and stigmas. The fruit is a non-poisonous juicy berry, c ...

'' Kirk - tree coprosma, mamangi - New Zealand *'

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- New Guinea *''

Coprosma × arcuata ''Coprosma'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It is found in New Zealand, Hawaiian Islands, Borneo, Java, New Guinea, islands of the Pacific Ocean to Australia and the Juan Fernández Islands. Description The name ''Copros ...

'' Colenso - ''C. propinqua'' × ''C. robusta'' - New Zealand North Island *''

Coprosma areolata ''Coprosma areolata'', commonly called thin-leaved coprosma, is a shrub that is native to New Zealand. ''C. areolata'' grows in wet, lowland forest and can also grow in exposed places. Coprosma is from the Greek kopros 'dung' and osme 'smell', re ...

'' Cheeseman - thin-leaved coprosma - New Zealand (incl. Stewart Island) *''

Coprosma atropurpurea ''Coprosma'' is a genus of flowering plants in the Family (biology), family Rubiaceae. It is found in New Zealand, Hawaiian Islands, Borneo, Java, New Guinea, islands of the Pacific Ocean to Australia and the Juan Fernández Islands. Description ...

'' (Cockayne & Allan) L.B.Moore - New Zealand South Island *''

Coprosma barbata ''Coprosma'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It is found in New Zealand, Hawaiian Islands, Borneo, Java, New Guinea, islands of the Pacific Ocean to Australia and the Juan Fernández Islands. Description The name ...

'' Utteridge - New Guinea *''

Coprosma baueri ''Coprosma baueri'' is an endangered shrub species in the plant family Rubiaceae. It is endemic to Norfolk Island Norfolk Island (, ; Norfuk: ''Norf'k Ailen'') is an external territory of Australia located in the Pacific Ocean between New ...

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and Phillip Island *' W.R.B.Oliv. -

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Coprosma bougainvilleensis ''Coprosma'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It is found in New Zealand, Hawaiian Islands, Borneo, Java, New Guinea, islands of the Pacific Ocean to Australia and the Juan Fernández Islands. Description The name ''Copro ...

'' Gideon - Solomon Islands *'

- New Guinea *''

Coprosma × buchananii ''Coprosma'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It is found in New Zealand, Hawaiian Islands, Borneo, Java, New Guinea, islands of the Pacific Ocean to Australia and the Juan Fernández Islands. Description The name ...

'' Kirk - ''C. crassifolia'' × ''C. robusta'' - southern New Zealand North Island *' Cockayne - Chatham Islands *' W.R.B.Oliv. - New Zealand (incl. Stewart Island) *''

Coprosma ciliata ''Coprosma ciliata'', is a shrub in the family Rubiaceae that is endemic to New Zealand. ''C. ciliata'' is found in the South Island from Lake Brunner southwards into Fiordland mostly west of the Southern Alps The Southern Alps (; officia ...

'' Hook.f. - tree 7m tall - New Zealand, Antipodes Islands *''

Coprosma colensoi ''Coprosma'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It is found in New Zealand, Hawaiian Islands, Borneo, Java, New Guinea, islands of the Pacific Ocean to Australia and the Juan Fernández Islands. Description The name ''Copro ...

'' Hook.f. - New Zealand (incl. Stewart Island) *''

Coprosma × conferta ''Coprosma'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It is found in New Zealand, Hawaiian Islands, Borneo, Java, New Guinea, islands of the Pacific Ocean to Australia and the Juan Fernández Islands. Description The name ''Copros ...

'' A.Cunn. - ''C. propinqua'' × ''C. robusta'' - New Zealand *' Fosberg -

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Coprosma cordicarpa ''Coprosma cordicarpa'', known as pilo, is a species of plant endemic to the Hawaiian island of Maui. It is locally common in high-elevation dry forests and shrublands of leeward East Maui. It can be distinguished from other Hawaiian '' Copros ...

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Coprosma crassifolia ''Coprosma crassifolia'', is a forest shrub native to New Zealand. It is found from the coast up to approximately 600 metres in both the North and South Island The South Island, also officially named , is the larger of the two major islands ...

'' Colenso - stiff, red-brown branches - New Zealand *''

Coprosma crenulata ''Coprosma'' is a genus of flowering plants in the Family (biology), family Rubiaceae. It is found in New Zealand, Hawaiian Islands, Borneo, Java, New Guinea, islands of the Pacific Ocean to Australia and the Juan Fernández Islands. Description ...

'' W.R.B.Oliv. - New Zealand (incl. Stewart Island) *''

Coprosma cuneata ''Coprosma cuneata'', is a shrub in the Rubiaceae family, native to New Zealand. ''Coprosma cuneata'' is a shrub with clusters of small dark green narrow leaves. The leaves are curved and 9-16mm by 2mm. They are widest at the tip, and have a ...

'' Hook.f. - New Zealand South Island, Stewart Island, Antipodes Islands *' Hillebr. -

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Coprosma decurva ''Coprosma'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It is found in New Zealand, Hawaiian Islands, Borneo, Java, New Guinea, islands of the Pacific Ocean to Australia and the Juan Fernández Islands. Description The name ''Copros ...

'' Heads - New Zealand *''

Coprosma depressa ''Coprosma'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It is found in New Zealand, Hawaiian Islands, Borneo, Java, New Guinea, islands of the Pacific Ocean to Australia and the Juan Fernández Islands. Description The name ''Copros ...

'' Colenso ex Hook.f. - New Zealand (incl. Stewart Island) *' W.R.B.Oliv. - Papua New Guinea *''

Coprosma dodonaeifolia ''Coprosma dodonaeifolia'' is a species plant native to north New Zealand. The species has a chromosome number of 44. It is also closely related to '' Coprosma lucida''. References dodonaeifolia Flora of New Zealand {{Rubiaceae-s ...

'' W.R.B.Oliv. - Great Barrier Island *'' Coprosma dumosa'' (Cheeseman) G.T.Jane - New Zealand *''

Coprosma elatirioides ''Coprosma'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It is found in New Zealand, Hawaiian Islands, Borneo, Java, New Guinea, islands of the Pacific Ocean to Australia and the Juan Fernández Islands. Description The name ''Copro ...

'' de Lange & A.S.Markey - New Zealand South Island *''

Coprosma elegans ''Coprosma elegans'' is a flowering plant species in the genus ''Coprosma'' found in New Guinea New Guinea (; Hiri Motu Hiri Motu, also known as Police Motu, Pidgin Motu, or just Hiri, is a language of Papua New Guinea, which is spoken ...

'' Utteridge - New Guinea *' W.R.B.Oliv. -

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Coprosma ernodeoides ''Coprosma ernodeoides'', known as black-fruited coprosma in English and or in Hawaiian, is a sprawling shrub occurring only on the islands of Maui and Hawai‘i. Description ''Coprosma ernodeoides'' is a prostrate shrub with narrow, shiny, ti ...

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- Hawaii, Maui *''

Coprosma esulcata ''Coprosma'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It is found in New Zealand, Hawaiian Islands, Borneo, Java, New Guinea, islands of the Pacific Ocean to Australia and the Juan Fernández Islands. Description The name ...

'' (F.Br.) Fosberg - Marquesas Islands *' W.L.Wagner & Lorence - Marquesas Islands *''

Coprosma fernandeziana ''Coprosma'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It is found in New Zealand, Hawaiian Islands, Borneo, Java, New Guinea, islands of the Pacific Ocean to Australia and the Juan Fernández Islands. Description The name ''Copros ...

'' ined. - Robinson Crusoe Island *''

Coprosma foetidissima ''Coprosma foetidissima'', commonly known as stinkwood or hūpiro, is a shrub native to New Zealand. ''Coprosma foetidissima'' is found throughout New Zealand, from the coast to sub-alpine areas, including grassland and shrubland. Stinkwood is ...

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& G.Forst. - Stinkwood, a small New Zealand tree with foul-smelling leaves *'

- Hawaiian Islands *''

Coprosma fowerakeri ''Coprosma fowerakeri'' is a species of '' Coprosma'' found in the South Island of New Zealand described in 2003. It was previously included within '' C. pseudocuneata''. It was named after the New Zealand botanist Charles Ethelbert Foweraker ...

'' D.A.Norton & de Lange - New Zealand South Island *''

Coprosma glabrata ''Coprosma'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It is found in New Zealand, Hawaiian Islands, Borneo, Java, New Guinea, islands of the Pacific Ocean to Australia and the Juan Fernández Islands. Description The name ''Copro ...

'' J.W.Moore - Raiatea *''

Coprosma × gracilicaulis ''Coprosma'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It is found in New Zealand, Hawaiian Islands, Borneo, Java, New Guinea, islands of the Pacific Ocean to Australia and the Juan Fernández Islands. Description The name ...

'' Carse - ''C. rotundifolia'' × ''C. tenuicaulis'' - New Zealand North Island *''

Coprosma × gracilis ''Coprosma'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It is found in New Zealand, Hawaiian Islands, Borneo, Java, New Guinea, islands of the Pacific Ocean to Australia and the Juan Fernández Islands. Description The name ''Copro ...

'' A.Cunn. - ''C. lucida'' × ''C. rhamnoides'' - New Zealand North Island *''

Coprosma grandifolia ''Coprosma autumnalis'' or C. grandifolia according to earlier Colenso authority, (In Māori: kanono or raurēkau) is a native forest shrub of New Zealand. Its widespread in both the North and South Islands, and has the largest leaves of any Ne ...

'' Hook.f. kanono, a large bush with leaves 15 cm long or more; its bark contains an orange dye - New Zealand *''

Coprosma hirtella ''Coprosma hirtella'' is a shrub in the family Rubiaceae. It is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It grows to about 2 metres high and has leaves that are between 15 and 50 mm long and 10 to 25 mm wide. Plants have male and female flow ...

'' Labill. - Tasmania, Victoria, New South Wales *''

Coprosma hookeri ''Coprosma'' is a genus of flowering plants in the Family (biology), family Rubiaceae. It is found in New Zealand, Hawaiian Islands, Borneo, Java, New Guinea, islands of the Pacific Ocean to Australia and the Juan Fernández Islands. Description ...

'' Stapf - Sabah *''

Coprosma huttoniana ''Coprosma huttoniana'' is a flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae. The specific epithet honours Ian Hutton, the Lord Howe Island based naturalist who discovered the plant and recognised it as a new species. Description It is a shrub or small ...

'' P.S.Green - Lord Howe Island *''

Coprosma inopinata '' Coprosma inopinata '' is a flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae. The specific epithet comes from the Latin ''inopinus'' (“unexpected”), because it was discovered unexpectedly in 1989, proving to be yet another species of ''Coprosma'' t ...

'' I.Hutton & P.S.Green - Lord Howe Island *''

Coprosma intertexta ''Coprosma intertexta'', is a shrub that is native to New Zealand. It occurs in the eastern South Island The South Island, also officially named , is the larger of the two major islands of New Zealand in surface area, the other being the sma ...

'' G.Simpson - New Zealand South Island *' (

) A.Heller - Kauai *''

Coprosma × kirkii ''Coprosma'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It is found in New Zealand, Hawaiian Islands, Borneo, Java, New Guinea, islands of the Pacific Ocean to Australia and the Juan Fernández Islands. Description The name ...

'' Cheeseman - ''C. acerosa'' × ''C. repens'' - New Zealand North Island *'' Coprosma laevigata'' Cheeseman -

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Coprosma lanceolaris '' Coprosma lanceolaris '' is a flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae. The specific epithet comes from the Latin ''lancea'' (“lance” or “spear”) with the suffix ''-aris'' (“pertaining to”), alluding to the shape of the leaves. Des ...

'' F.Muell. - Lord Howe Island *''

Coprosma linariifolia ''Coprosma linariifolia'', commonly called mikimiki or yellow wood, is a shrub or small tree that is native to New Zealand. ''C. linariifolia'' is found in lowland to montane forest and scrub from the central North Island to the bottom of the Sou ...

'' ( Hook.f.) Hook.f. - mikimiki, yellow wood - New Zealand *'

- Oahu *'' Coprosma lucida''

& G.Forst. karamu, a small tree **''Coprosma lucida'' var. ''angustifolia'' Cheeseman - New Zealand North Island **''Coprosma lucida'' var. ''lucida'' - New Zealand (incl. Stewart Island) *'' Coprosma macrocarpa'' Cheeseman large-seeded coprosma - New Zealand North Island (incl. Three Kings Islands) *'

- Hawaiian Islands *' W.L.Wagner & Lorence - Marquesas Islands *''

Coprosma microcarpa ''Coprosma'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It is found in New Zealand, Hawaiian Islands, Borneo, Java, New Guinea, islands of the Pacific Ocean to Australia and the Juan Fernández Islands. Description The name ...

'' Hook.f. - New Zealand *'' Coprosma × molokaiensis'' H.St.John - ''C. ochracea'' × ''C. ternata'' -

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*' Hillebr. - Hawaii, eastern Maui *''

Coprosma moorei ''Coprosma moorei'', commonly known as blue matcurrant or turquoise coprosma, is a small, mat forming, prostrate shrub in the Rubiaceae family. It is native to highland areas of Tasmania and Eastern Victoria. Taxonomy First described by Ferd ...

'' F.Muell. ex Rodway - Tasmania, Victoria *''

Coprosma myrtifolia ''Coprosma'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It is found in New Zealand, Hawaiian Islands, Borneo, Java, New Guinea, islands of the Pacific Ocean to Australia and the Juan Fernández Islands. Description The name ...

'' Noronha - Java *''

Coprosma × neglecta ''Coprosma neglecta'' is a coastal shrub that is native to New Zealand. ''C. neglecta'' is found around the North Cape of New Zealand. ''Comprosma neglecta'' grows up to 50 centimetres tall and has small, circular, glossy green leaves. The pla ...

'' Cheeseman - ''C. repens'' × ''C. rhamnoides'' - New Zealand North Island *''

Coprosma nephelephila ''Coprosma'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It is found in New Zealand, Hawaiian Islands, Borneo, Java, New Guinea, islands of the Pacific Ocean to Australia and the Juan Fernández Islands. Description The name ''Copro ...

'' J.Florence - Marquesas Islands *''

Coprosma niphophila ''Coprosma niphophila'', the creeping coprosma, is a shrub native to Australia and the south island of New Zealand. The specific epithet In taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called nomenclature ("two-name ...

'' Orchard - New Zealand South Island, New South Wales *''

Coprosma nitida ''Coprosma nitida'', the mountain currant or shining currant, is a shrub species endemic to south-east Australia. It is a shrub with small, glossy leaves, occasional spines on the end of its branchlets, and small bright red-orange fruits. Descr ...

'' Hook.f. - Tasmania, Victoria, New South Wales *' W.R.B.Oliv. - Tasmania, Victoria, New South Wales *' W.R.B.Oliv. - Vanuatu *''

Coprosma obconica ''Coprosma'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It is found in New Zealand, Hawaiian Islands, Borneo, Java, New Guinea, islands of the Pacific Ocean to Australia and the Juan Fernández Islands. Description The name ''Copros ...

'' Kirk **''Coprosma obconica'' subsp. ''distantia'' de Lange & R.O.Gardner - New Zealand North Island **''Coprosma obconica'' subsp. ''obconica'' - New Zealand *''

Coprosma ochracea ''Coprosma ochracea'', the Maui mirrorplant, is a shrub A shrub (often also called a bush) is a small-to-medium-sized perennial woody plant. Unlike herbaceous plants, shrubs have persistent woody stems above the ground. Shrubs can be either ...

'' W.R.B.Oliv. - Hawaiian Islands *''

Coprosma oliveri ''Coprosma'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It is found in New Zealand, Hawaiian Islands, Borneo, Java, New Guinea, islands of the Pacific Ocean to Australia and the Juan Fernández Islands. Description The name ''Copros ...

'' Fosberg - Robinson Crusoe Island *''

Coprosma papuensis ''Coprosma'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It is found in New Zealand, Hawaiian Islands, Borneo, Java, New Guinea, islands of the Pacific Ocean to Australia and the Juan Fernández Islands. Description The name ...

'' W.R.B.Oliv. **''Coprosma papuensis'' subsp. ''discolor'' (P.Royen) R.O.Gardner - New Guinea **''Coprosma papuensis'' subsp. ''mopaensis'' R.O.Gardner - New Guinea **''Coprosma papuensis'' subsp. ''papuensis'' - New Guinea *''

Coprosma parviflora ''Coprosma parviflora'', also called leafy coprosma, is a shrub that is native to New Zealand. ''C. parviflora'' naturally occurs on the Three Kings Islands and in the northern North Island The North Island, also officially named Te Ika-a-M� ...

'' Hook.f. - Leafy Coprosma - New Zealand *''

Coprosma pedicellata ''Coprosma'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It is found in New Zealand, Hawaiian Islands, Borneo, Java, New Guinea, islands of the Pacific Ocean to Australia and the Juan Fernández Islands. Description The name ''Copro ...

'' Molly - New Zealand *''

Coprosma perpusilla ''Coprosma perpusilla'', commonly known as creeping coprosma, is a species of flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is found in Australia, New Zealand and on some subantarctic islands. The specific epithet comes from the Latin ''per'' (v ...

'' Colenso **''Coprosma perpusilla'' subsp. ''perpusilla'' - Tasmania, Victoria, New South Wales, New Zealand (incl. Stewart Island) **''Coprosma perpusilla'' subsp. ''subantarctica'' Orchard - Macquarie Island, Antipodes Islands *'

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Coprosma petiolata ''Coprosma'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It is found in New Zealand, Hawaiian Islands, Borneo, Java, New Guinea, islands of the Pacific Ocean to Australia and the Juan Fernández Islands. Description The name ...

'' Hook.f. - Kermadec Islands *''

Coprosma petriei ''Coprosma petriei'', commonly mirrorplant, is a mat-forming shrub native to New Zealand. It is a hardy wind pollinated Anemophily or wind pollination is a form of pollination whereby pollen is distributed by wind. Almost all gymnosperms are a ...

'' Cheeseman - mirror plant - New Zealand *''

Coprosma pilosa ''Coprosma'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It is found in New Zealand, Hawaiian Islands, Borneo, Java, New Guinea, islands of the Pacific Ocean to Australia and the Juan Fernández Islands. Description The name ...

- Norfolk Island *' W.R.B.Oliv. - New Zealand South Island (incl. Stewart Island) *''

Coprosma prisca ''Coprosma prisca'', commonly known as goatwood, is a flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae. The Latin specific epithet ''prisca'' means “old” or “ancient”, though its application to this species is unknown. Description It is a dense ...

'' W.R.B.Oliv. - Lord Howe Island *'' Coprosma propinqua'' A.Cunn. - mingimingi **''Coprosma propinqua'' var. ''latiuscula'' Allan - New Zealand ** W.R.B.Oliv. - Chatham Islands **''Coprosma propinqua'' var. '' propinqua'' - New Zealand (incl. Stewart Island) *''

Coprosma pseudociliata ''Coprosma'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It is found in New Zealand, Hawaiian Islands, Borneo, Java, New Guinea, islands of the Pacific Ocean to Australia and the Juan Fernández Islands. Description The name ''Copro ...

'' G.T.Jane - New Zealand *''

Coprosma pseudocuneata ''Coprosma'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It is found in New Zealand, Hawaiian Islands, Borneo, Java, New Guinea, islands of the Pacific Ocean to Australia and the Juan Fernández Islands. Description The name ''Copros ...

'' W.R.B.Oliv. - New Zealand *'

- Hawaiian Islands *''

Coprosma pumila ''Coprosma pumila'' is an evergreen shrub found in Australia and New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South ...

'' Hook.f. - Tasmania, Victoria *''

Coprosma putida ''Coprosma putida'', commonly known as stinkwood, is a flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae. The Latin specific epithet ''putida'' means "stinking", alluding to the stench produced when the plant is cut or bruised, including the leaves and fru ...

'' C.Moore & F.Muell. - Lord Howe Island *''

Coprosma pyrifolia ''Coprosma'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It is found in New Zealand, Hawaiian Islands, Borneo, Java, New Guinea, islands of the Pacific Ocean to Australia and the Juan Fernández Islands. Description The name ''Copros ...

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) Skottsb. - Juan Fernández Islands *'' Coprosma quadrifida'' (Labill.) Rob. - Tasmania, Victoria, New South Wales *''

Coprosma raiateensis ''Coprosma'' is a genus of flowering plants in the Family (biology), family Rubiaceae. It is found in New Zealand, Hawaiian Islands, Borneo, Java, New Guinea, islands of the Pacific Ocean to Australia and the Juan Fernández Islands. Description ...

'' J.W.Moore - Raiatea *''

Coprosma rapensis ''Coprosma'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It is found in New Zealand, Hawaiian Islands, Borneo, Java, New Guinea, islands of the Pacific Ocean to Australia and the Juan Fernández Islands. Description The name ''Copros ...

'' F.Br. - Tuha'a Pae, Pitcairn Islands *''

Coprosma repens ''Coprosma repens'' is a species of flowering shrub or small tree of the genus ''Coprosma'', in the family Rubiaceae, native to New Zealand. Common names include taupata, tree bedstraw, mirror bush, looking-glass bush, New Zealand laurel and shin ...

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- taupata, mirror plant - native to New Zealand, naturalized in Australia (Tasmania, Victoria, New South Wales, South Australia) *''

Coprosma reticulata ''Coprosma'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It is found in New Zealand, Hawaiian Islands, Borneo, Java, New Guinea, islands of the Pacific Ocean to Australia and the Juan Fernández Islands. Description The name ''Copros ...

'' J.Florence - Marquesas Islands *'' Coprosma rhamnoides'' A.Cunn. - twiggy coprosma - New Zealand (incl. Stewart Island) *'

- Hawaii *''

Coprosma rigida ''Coprosma rigida'', is a shrub that is native to New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and ...

'' Cheeseman - New Zealand *'' Coprosma robusta'' Raoul - karamu - New Zealand, Chatham Is., naturalized in Australia (Tasmania, Victoria) *''

Coprosma rotundifolia ''Coprosma rotundifolia'' is a native forest shrub of New Zealand found on the North, South, and Stewart Islands. Description ''Coprosma rotundifolia'' can grow to a large bushy shrub of up to tall. It has small, wide-angled divaricated branc ...

'' A.Cunn. - New Zealand (incl. Stewart Island) *''

Coprosma rubra ''Coprosma rubra'' is a shrub native to New Zealand. ''Coprosma rubra'' is found in both the North and South Island The South Island, also officially named , is the larger of the two major islands of New Zealand in surface area, the othe ...

'' Petrie - New Zealand *''

Coprosma rugosa ''Coprosma rugosa'', also known as the needle-leaved mountain coprosma, is a shrub in the Coffea, coffee family, Rubiaceae, that is native to New Zealand. It is found in grasslands and forest margins up to the subalpine zone. ''C. rugosa'' bear ...

'' Cheeseman - needle-leaved mountain coprosma - New Zealand, Antipodes Islands *' Rech. - Samoa *''

Coprosma serrulata ''Coprosma'' is a genus of flowering plants in the Family (biology), family Rubiaceae. It is found in New Zealand, Hawaiian Islands, Borneo, Java, New Guinea, islands of the Pacific Ocean to Australia and the Juan Fernández Islands. Description ...

'' Hook.f. ex Buchanan - New Zealand South Island *' J.W.Moore - Raiatea *'' Coprosma spathulata'' A.Cunn. **''Coprosma spathulata'' subsp. ''hikuruana'' de Lange & Heenan - New Zealand North Island **''Coprosma spathulata'' subsp. ''spathulata'' - New Zealand North Island *' Hillebr. - Maui *''

Coprosma strigulosa ''Coprosma'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It is found in New Zealand, Hawaiian Islands, Borneo, Java, New Guinea, islands of the Pacific Ocean to Australia and the Juan Fernández Islands. Description The name ''Copro ...

'' Lauterb. - Samoa *''

Coprosma sundana ''Coprosma'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It is found in New Zealand, Hawaiian Islands, Borneo, Java, New Guinea, islands of the Pacific Ocean to Australia and the Juan Fernández Islands. Description The name ...

'' Miq. - Java *''

Coprosma × tadgellii ''Coprosma'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It is found in New Zealand, Hawaiian Islands, Borneo, Java, New Guinea, islands of the Pacific Ocean to Australia and the Juan Fernández Islands. Description The name ...

'' W.R.B.Oliv. - ''C. nitida'' × ''C. nivalis'' - Victoria *''

Coprosma tahitensis ''Coprosma'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It is found in New Zealand, Hawaiian Islands, Borneo, Java, New Guinea, islands of the Pacific Ocean to Australia and the Juan Fernández Islands. Description The name ''Copros ...

- Tahiti, Tuha'a Pae *''

Coprosma talbrockiei ''Coprosma'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It is found in New Zealand, Hawaiian Islands, Borneo, Java, New Guinea, islands of the Pacific Ocean to Australia and the Juan Fernández Islands. Description The name ''Copros ...

'' L.B.Moore & R.Mason - Victoria, New Zealand South Island *' W.L.Wagner & Lorence - Marquesas Islands *''

Coprosma tenuicaulis ''Coprosma tenuicaulis'', commonly called swamp coprosma is a native shrub of New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () a ...

'' Hook. - swamp coprosma - New Zealand *''

Coprosma tenuifolia ''Coprosma tenuifolia'', also called wavy-leaved coprosma, is a shrub or small tree that is native to New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses� ...

'' Cheeseman - wavy-leaved coprosma - New Zealand North Island *' W.R.B.Oliv. - Molokai *' Fosberg - Tuha'a Pae *''

Coprosma virescens ''Coprosma virescens'' is an endemic New Zealand plant in the genus '' Coprosma'' of the family Rubiaceae. Its Māori name (in common New Zealand usage) is mingimingi, a name which is also applied to closely related species such as '' C. dumos ...

'' Petrie - New Zealand *''

Coprosma waima ''Coprosma waima'', is a nationally endangered shrub of New Zealand. In the wild it only occurs in the Waima forest in the Northland Region. ''Coprosma waima'' grows to 1–3 metres high at altitudes of around 700 metres above sea level. Becau ...

'' A.P.Druce - New Zealand North Island *''

Coprosma waimeae ''Coprosma'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It is found in New Zealand, Hawaiian Islands, Borneo, Java, New Guinea, islands of the Pacific Ocean to Australia and the Juan Fernández Islands. Description The name ''Copro ...

'' Wawra - Kauai *''

Coprosma wallii ''Coprosma wallii'', is a rare shrub found in New Zealand. ''Coprosma wallii'' grows to 3 metres high in a range of habitats, including alluvial Alluvium (from Latin ''alluvius'', from ''alluere'' 'to wash against') is loose clay, silt, ...

'' Petrie - New Zealand South Island *''

Coprosma wollastonii ''Coprosma'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It is found in New Zealand, Hawaiian Islands, Borneo, Java, New Guinea, islands of the Pacific Ocean to Australia and the Juan Fernández Islands. Description The name ''Copro ...

'' Wernham **''Coprosma wollastonii'' var. ''epiphytica'' (P.Royen) R.O.Gardner - New Guinea **''Coprosma wollastonii'' var. ''novoguineensis'' (

) R.O.Gardner - New Guinea **''Coprosma wollastonii'' var. ''wollastonii'' -

Sulawesi Sulawesi (), also known as Celebes (), is an island in Indonesia. One of the four Greater Sunda Islands, and the world's eleventh-largest island, it is situated east of Borneo, west of the Maluku Islands, and south of Mindanao and the Sulu Ar ...

, New Guinea

References

External links

''Coprosma'' in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae

''Coprosma'' specimens and botanical drawings in the collection of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Entry in Te Ara: An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand, 1966

Coprosma description: Landcare Research
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