''Coprosma areolata'', commonly called thin-leaved coprosma, is a shrub that is native to

New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...

. ''C. areolata'' grows in wet, lowland forest and can also grow in exposed places.

Coprosma ''Coprosma'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It is found in New Zealand, Hawaiian Islands, Borneo, Java, New Guinea, islands of the Pacific Ocean to Australia and the Juan Fernández Islands. Description The name ''Copros ...

is from the Greek kopros 'dung' and osme 'smell', referring to the foul smell of the

species In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...

, literally 'dung smell'. And areolata is netted, with a network pattern between the

veins Veins are blood vessels in humans and most other animals that carry blood towards the heart. Most veins carry deoxygenated blood from the tissues back to the heart; exceptions are the pulmonary and umbilical veins, both of which carry oxygenated b ...

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areolata Flora of New Zealand Taxa named by Thomas Frederic Cheeseman {{Rubioideae-stub