Revision of Coprosma (Rubiaceae, tribe Anthospermeae) in the Marquesas Islands

By

Wagner, Warren Lambert
Lorence, David

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2011

Original Publication

International Journal of Myriapodology

Volume

4

Pages

109-124

Subjects

Conservation , Coprosma , French Polynesia , Marquesas Islands , Rubiaceae

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Leiden Brill [2008]-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.4.1600

 

Abstract

During the preparation of the Vascular Flora of the Marquesas Islands three new species of Coprosma (Rubiaceae, tribe Anthospermeae) have come to light and are described herein: C. fatuhivaensis W. L. Wagner & Lorence, C. meyeri W. L. Wagner & Lorence, and C. temetiuensis W. L. Wagner & Lorence. Descriptions, illustrations, conservation status, and specimen citations are provided. Amended descriptions of three previously described Marquesan Coprosma species are also provided as well as a key to the species, four of which fall into the Critically Endangered (CR) and two into the Endangered (EN) category. With the description of these the new species, Coprosma becomes the sixth largest lineage in the Marquesas Islands with six species after Psychotria (one lineage which has 9 spp.), Cyrtandra (8 spp.), Bidens (8 spp.), and Melicope (7 spp.), and Ixora (7 spp.).