Species

Nertera depressa

Etymology

Nertera: lowly, low growing
depressa: From the Latin depremere 'to press down', meaning to be flattened vertically, often referring to a plant's habit

Common Name(s)

Nertera, bead plant, fruiting duckweed

Current Conservation Status

2012 - Not Threatened

Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2012
The conservation status of all known New Zealand vascular plant taxa at the rank of species and below were reassessed in 2012 using the New Zealand Threat Classification System (NZTCS). This report includes a statistical summary and brief notes on changes since 2009 and replaces all previous NZTCS lists for vascular plants. Authors: Peter J. de Lange, Jeremy R. Rolfe, Paul D. Champion, Shannel P. Courtney, Peter B. Heenan, John W. Barkla, Ewen K. Cameron, David A. Norton and Rodney A. Hitchmough. File size: 792KB

Previous Conservation Status

2009 - Not Threatened
2004 - Not Threatened

Authority

Nertera depressa Banks et Sol. ex Gaertn.

Family

Rubiaceae

Flora Category

Vascular - Native

NVS Species Code

NERDEP

The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.

Structural Class

Dicotyledonous Herbs other than Composites

Synonyms

Coprosma nertera F.Muell.

Distribution

Indigenous. North, South, Stewart, Chatham and the Subantarctic Islands. Also in Australia and the south Pacific and South America

Similar Taxa

Can be distinguished from Nertera ciliata by the strong smell of the leaves when they're crushed (smells like Coprosma foetidissima does when the leaves are crushed). Nertera ciliata has no discernable smell when crushed (P. de Lange, 14 January 2014).

Flower Colours

Green,Yellow

Threats

Not Threatened

Chromosome No.

2n = 44

Endemic Taxon

No

Endemic Genus

No

Endemic Family

No

 

 
 

This page last updated on 4 Dec 2014