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Coprosma petriei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Gentianales Family: Rubiaceae Subfamily: Rubioideae Tribe: Anthospermeae Genus: Coprosma J.R.Forster & G.Forster
Species
Coprosma acerosa Coprosma antipoda Coprosma brunnea Coprosma cheesmanii Coprosma crassifolia Coprosma crenulata Coprosma elatirioides Coprosma ernodeoides Coprosma fauriei Coprosma intertexta Coprosma montana Coprosma nivalis Coprosma persicifolia Coprosma petriei Coprosma pumila Coprosma quadrifida Coprosma robusta Coprosma rugosa Coprosma waimeae

Coprosma is a genus of plants that are found primarily in New Zealand, and on some Pacific islands and Chile. Most species are small shrubs with tiny evergreen leaves. Some Coprosma species are known as Karamu. Some are commonly known as mirror plant (or bush) or looking-glass plant (or bush). Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1800x1350, 319 KB) Photo of Coprosma petriei at the UBC Botanical Garden, taken July 2005 by User:Stan Shebs File links The following pages link to this file: User:Stan Shebs/Gallery/Plants A-L Coprosma User:Mmcannis/Sandbox (Pictures A... Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms (as opposed to folk taxonomy). ... Divisions Land plants (embryophytes) Non-vascular plants (bryophytes) Marchantiophyta - liverworts Anthocerotophyta - hornworts Bryophyta - mosses Vascular plants (tracheophytes) Lycopodiophyta - clubmosses Equisetophyta - horsetails Pteridophyta - true ferns Psilotophyta - whisk ferns Ophioglossophyta - adderstongues Seed plants (spermatophytes) †Pteridospermatophyta - seed ferns Pinophyta - conifers Cycadophyta - cycads Ginkgophyta - ginkgo Gnetophyta - gnetae Magnoliophyta - flowering plants Adiantum pedatum (a fern... Classes Magnoliopsida- Dicots Liliopsida- Monocots The flowering plants (also called angiosperms) are a major group of land plants. ... Young castor oil plant showing its prominent two embryonic leaves (cotyledons), that differ from the adult leaves Dicotyledons or dicots is a name for a group of flowering plants whose seed typically contains two embryonic leaves or cotyledons. ... Families Gentianaceae (gentian family) Apocynaceae (dogbane family) Gelsemiaceae Loganiaceae (logania family) Rubiaceae (coffee family) The Gentianales are an order of flowering plants, included within the asterid group of dicotyledons. ... Genera See text The Rubiaceae are a family of dicotyledon plants, variously called the madder, bedstraw, or coffee family. ... Portrait of Georg Forster at age 26, by J. H. W. Tischbein, 1781. ... The Pacific Ocean has an estimated 20,000 to 30,000 islands; the exact number has not been precisely determined. ... A Silver Fir shoot showing three successive years of retained leaves In botany, an evergreen plant is a plant which retains its leaves year-round, with each leaf persisting for more than 12 months. ... Leaves are an Icelandic five-piece alternative rock band who came to prominence in 2002 with their debut album, Breathe, drawing comparisons to groups such as Coldplay and Doves. ... Karamu is the Maori name given to Coprosma robusta and Coprosma lucida, two of the 45 Coprosma species found in New Zealand. ...

External links

• Entry in Te Ara: An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand, 1966
• Trees for Survival: (New Zealand natives) Coprosma robusta, with the Māori name Karamu.
• An article with photos and identifying features from Bushmansfriend

For the Māori language, see Māori language. ... Image File history File links Coprosmarobusta. ...