Coprosma cordicarpa

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}

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|status_system=IUCN3.1

|status_ref={{cite iucn |author=Chau, M. |date=2018 |title=Coprosma cordicarpa |volume=2018 |page=e.T103801483A103801532 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T103801483A103801532.en |access-date=19 November 2021}}

|taxon=Coprosma cordicarpa

|authority=J. Cantley, Sporck-Koehler & Chau, 2016}}

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 Coprosma by its heart-shaped fruit. It is classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List due to a heavy population decline caused by invasive species.{{Cite journal|last1=Cantley|first1=Jason T.|last2=Sporck-Koehler|first2=Margaret|last3=Chau|first3=Marian M.|date=2016-02-11|title=New and resurrected Hawaiian species of pilo (Coprosma, Rubiaceae) from the island of Maui|url=https://phytokeys.pensoft.net/article/6465/|journal=PhytoKeys|language=en|issue=60|pages=33–48|doi=10.3897/phytokeys.60.6465|pmid=27081343|issn=1314-2003|pmc=4816989 |doi-access=free }}

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