Coprosma laevigata

{{Speciesbox

| image = Coprosma laevigata 1934834.jpg

| status = CR

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=de Lange, P. |author2=Martin, T. |author3=McCormack, G. |date=2014 |title=Coprosma laevigata |volume=2014 |page=e.T199830A2613143 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T199830A2613143.en |access-date=20 November 2021}}

| genus = Coprosma

| species = laevigata

| authority = Cheeseman, 1903{{citeq|Q55760419|page=283-284}}

}}

Coprosma laevigata, the Rarotongan coprosma, is a herbaceous plant, a member of the Rubiaceae family.{{inaturalist taxon|438362}}

Distribution

It is an endemic species to the Cook Islands.{{Cite web|title=Cook Islands Biodiversity : Coprosma laevigata - Rarotonga Coprosma|url=http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org/species.asp?id=5974|access-date=2021-07-24|website=cookislands.bishopmuseum.org}}

Taxonomy

It was named by Thomas Cheeseman, in Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 6: 283, in 1903.{{Cite web|title=Coprosma laevigata Cheeseman {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science|url=http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:747429-1|access-date=2021-07-24|website=Plants of the World Online|language=en}}{{GBIF |id=118648795 |taxon=Coprosma laevigata |accessdate=25 July 2021}}

References

External links

[https://dp.la/item/718d58d55a2af2b8d83be769975b9a5e Coprosma laevigata Cheeseman on Digital Public Library of America]

laevigata

Category:Endemic flora of the Cook Islands

Category:Taxa named by Thomas Frederic Cheeseman