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Peperomia incana

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Species of plant

Peperomia incana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Magnoliids
Order: Piperales
Family: Piperaceae
Genus: Peperomia
Species: P. incana
Binomial name
Peperomia incana
(Haw.) Hook.
Synonyms
  • Piper incanum Haw.

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. 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.

References

  1. "Peperomia incana". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
  2. 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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Taxon identifiers
Peperomia incana
Piper incanum


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