Peperomia urvilleana

Peperomia urvilleana is a species of flowering plant in the family Piperaceae, native to the Solomon Islands, New Caledonia, Norfolk Island, New Zealand, and the southwestern Pacific.[1] It is a succulent subshrub of the forest floor and occasionally grows as a low trunk epiphyte.[2]

Peperomia urvilleana
At the Inner Gulf Islands Ecological District
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Magnoliids
Order: Piperales
Family: Piperaceae
Genus: Peperomia
Species:
P. urvilleana
Binomial name
Peperomia urvilleana
Synonyms[1]
  • Peperomia adscendens (Endl.) K.Schum.
  • Peperomia baueriana Miq.
  • Peperomia endlicheri Miq.
  • Peperomia muricatulata Colenso
  • Piper adscendens Endl.
  • Piper simplex Endl.

References
  1. "Peperomia urvilleana A.Rich". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
  2. Oliver, W. R. B. (1930). "New Zealand Epiphytes". Journal of Ecology. 18 (1): 1–50. doi:10.2307/2255890. JSTOR 2255890.


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