Peperomia urvilleana

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

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

  1. ^ a b "Peperomia urvilleana A.Rich". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
  2. ^ "Peperomia urvilleana". New Zealand Plant Conservation Network. Retrieved 2024-10-30.
  3. ^ Oliver, W. R. B. (1930). "New Zealand Epiphytes". Journal of Ecology. 18 (1): 1–50. doi:10.2307/2255890. JSTOR 2255890.
  4. ^ "wharanui". Te Aka Māori Dictionary. Retrieved 2024-10-30.
Growing on rock during October in northern New Zealand


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