Natural Science Specimen
Natural Science Specimen
Classifier
Scientific Name
Coprosma fowerakeri D.A.Norton & de Lange
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Genus
Species
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Storage Method
Field Collection Place
Locality Description
New Zealand, South Island, Puketeraki Ecological Region, Craigieburn Ecological District, Craigieburn Forest Park, end of ridge running southeast from Hamilton Peak
Field Collection Date
02 May 2002
Field Collection Notes
HOLOTYPE cited NZ Journal of Botany 41:224 (2003).
Female specimen in fruit. Amongst boulders at base of active scree. Plants decumbent, producing trailing branches up to 1m long and 0.5m tall. Branches stout, recurved "whip-like", leaves yellow-green to bronze-green, fruit bright orange. Growing with Dracophyllum prostratum, D. uniflorum, Hebe pinguifolia, Chionochloa macra and Podocarpus nivalis. This Coprosma is dominant at this site.
DUPLICATES TO: BM, CANB, CANU, CHR, HO, MEL, NSW, P, WELT
Field Collector
Field Collection latitude/longitude
-43.13333, 171.71667
171.71667, 171.71667
Last Update
26 Apr 2022
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