Peperomia urvilleana
| Peperomia urvilleana | |
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| At the Inner Gulf Islands Ecological District | |
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| View of structures | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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 | |
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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.
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