Peperomia urvilleana
Appearance
Peperomia urvilleana | |
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At the Inner Gulf Islands Ecological District | |
View of structures | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Magnoliids |
Order: | Piperales |
Family: | Piperaceae |
Genus: | Peperomia |
Species: | P. urvilleana
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Binomial name | |
Peperomia urvilleana | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Peperomia urvilleana is a species of flowering plant in the family Piperaceae, native to the Solomon Islands, New Caledonia, Norfolk Island, the southwestern Pacific[1] and warmer areas of New Zealand (only Marlborough Sounds and Golden Bay / Mohua to the Heaphy in South Island).[2] It is a succulent subshrub of the forest floor and occasionally grows as a low trunk epiphyte.[3] Its Māori name is wharanui.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Peperomia urvilleana A.Rich". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
- ^ "Peperomia urvilleana". New Zealand Plant Conservation Network. Retrieved 2024-10-30.
- ^ Oliver, W. R. B. (1930). "New Zealand Epiphytes". Journal of Ecology. 18 (1): 1–50. doi:10.2307/2255890. JSTOR 2255890.
- ^ "wharanui". Te Aka Māori Dictionary. Retrieved 2024-10-30.