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 |
Binomial name | |
Peperomia urvilleana A.Rich. | |
Synonyms | |
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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 and warmer areas of New Zealand (only Marlborough Sounds and Golden Bay / Mohua to the Heaphy in South Island). It is a succulent subshrub of the forest floor and occasionally grows as a low trunk epiphyte. Its Māori name is wharanui.
References
- ^ "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.
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