Coprosma huttoniana

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Coprosma huttoniana is a flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae. The specific epithet honours Ian Hutton, the Lord Howe Island based naturalist who discovered the plant and recognised it as a new species.{{cite web |url= http://www.anbg.gov.au/abrs/online-resources/flora/stddisplay.xsql?pnid=53040 |title= Coprosma huttoniana |accessdate= 2014-02-16 |work= Flora of Australia Online: Data derived from Flora of Australia Volume 49 (1994) |first= |last= |publisher= Australian Biological Resources Study (ABRS) |date= |archive-date= 2016-03-04 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160304081537/http://www.anbg.gov.au/abrs/online-resources/flora/stddisplay.xsql?pnid=53040 |url-status= dead }}

Description

It is a shrub or small tree growing to 4 m in height. The elliptic-ovate to narrowly elliptic leaves are 20–60 mm long, 13–25 mm wide, with a slightly foetid odour when bruised. The small green flowers are 8 mm long.. The ellipsoidal, reddish-orange fruits are 10 mm long. The flowering season is from May to July.{{cite book |title=The Australian Geographic Book of Lord Howe Island |author=Hutton, Ian |year=1998 |series= |publisher=Australian Geographic |location=Sydney |isbn=1-876276-27-4 |page=143|url= }}

Distribution and habitat

The species is endemic to Australia’s subtropical Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea. It is common in the island's montane forests from an elevation of about 500 m upwards.

References

huttoniana

Category:Endemic flora of Lord Howe Island

Category:Plants described in 1990

Category:Gentianales of Australia

Category:Taxa named by Peter Shaw Green