A new species of Coprosma Sect. Acerosae (Rubiaceae) endemic to the South and Stewart Islands of New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Botany

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 459-473

  Markey, A S ^a   De Lange, P J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

C. acerosa; C. brunnea; C. elatirioides; C. intertexta; C. nivalis new species; C. petriei; C. rugosa; Conservation; Coprosma Sect. Acerosae; Ecology; ETS sequences; ITS; New Zealand flora; NrDNA; Rubiaceae; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; ENDEMIC SPECIES; NEW SPECIES; SHRUB; TAXONOMY;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; SOUTHLAND; STEWART ISLAND;

COPROSMA; COPROSMA ACEROSA; COPROSMA BRUNNEA; COPROSMA ELATIRIOIDES; COPROSMA INTERTEXTA; COPROSMA NIVALIS; COPROSMA PETRIEI; COPROSMA RUGOSA; COROLLA; EMBRYOPHYTA; RUBIACEAE;

EID: 0347029698     PISSN: 0028825X     EISSN: 11758643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0028825X.2003.9512863     Document Type: Article

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