Peperomia incana
Appearance
Peperomia incana | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Magnoliids |
Order: | Piperales |
Family: | Piperaceae |
Genus: | Peperomia |
Species: | P. incana
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Binomial name | |
Peperomia incana | |
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Peperomia incana, commonly known as felted pepperface, is a species of plant in the genus Peperomia of the family Piperaceae. It is native to Brazil.[1] Kept in cultivation at Kew Gardens since 1815, the species is notable among Peperomia for its thick, cordate leaves that are covered with a fuzzy, felt-like down.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Peperomia incana". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
- ^ Hooker, Sir William Jackson (1823). Exotic Flora: Containing Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare Or Otherwise Interesting Exotic Plants...with Remarks Upon Their Generic and Specific Characters, Natural Orders, History, Culture, Time of Flowering, &c. W. Blackwood. p. 66.
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