Coprosma perpusilla subsp. subantarctica

Illustration from J.D. Hooker's Flora Antarctica (1844), as Coprosma repens Hook.f., excluding the four bottom-right images with the indication 'B' (Coprosma pumila Hook.f.).

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 perpusilla
Subspecies: Coprosma perpusilla subsp. subantarctica

Name

Coprosma perpusilla subsp. subantarctica Orchard, Brunonia 9(2): 133 (1986)

• Typus: R.D. Seppelt 12442 (8 January 1982; holotypus: HO-HO67724; isotypus: MEL-MEL296236).
• Type locality: [Australia.] Macquarie Is.: Douglas Point.

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Coprosma repens Hook.f., Bot. Antarct. Voy. I. (Fl. Antarct.). 1: 22, t. 16 (1844), nom. illeg., non A.Rich. (1832); not accepted by Govaerts (1999, 2003) and Thompson (2010: 36) [cited as Coprosma perpusilla subsp. subantarctica]
    • Typus: J.D. Hooker 1595 ([December 1840] fide Du Puy, Telford & Orchard 1993: 402; lectotypus: K-K000772158 fide Orchard 1986: 133); syntypus: K-K000772159.
    • Type locality: [New Zealand.]
      • Lectotypus: Campbell's Island.
      • Syntypus: Lord Auckland's Island.
• Misapplied names
  • Coprosma pumila auct. non Hook.f.: W.R.B.Oliv., Bull. Bernice P. Bishop Mus. 132: 33–34 (1935), subantarctic specimens only.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Australasia Regional: New Zealand Antipodean Is. Continental: Antarctic Regional: Subantarctic Islands Macquarie Is. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• 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. 

Additional 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. 
• Oliver, W.R.B. 1935. The genus Coprosma. Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin 132: 1–207. Google Books. Google Books (another version). Reference page. 
• Du Puy, D.J., Telford, I.R.H. & Orchard, A.E. 1993. 81. Rubiaceae. In: Flora of Australia 50: 392–405. AGPS. Online.
• Govaerts, R. 1999. World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b). 1532 pp.. MIM, Deurne. ISBN 90-5720-098-8 (issue 1), ISBN 90-5720-099-6 (issue 2b). Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R.H.A. 2003. World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [unavailable for the public] Reference page. 
• Thompson, I.R. 2010. A new species of Leptostigma (Rubiaceae: Coprosminae) and notes on the Coprosminae in Australia. Muelleria 28(1): 29–39. PDF Reference page.  [see page 36.]

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Coprosma perpusilla subsp. subantarctica in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 November 18. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Coprosma perpusilla subsp. subantarctica. Published online. Accessed: 18 November 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Coprosma perpusilla subsp. subantarctica. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 18 November 2021.

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