Peperomia urvilleana explained

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]

Notes and References

  1. 680140-1 . Peperomia urvilleana A.Rich. . 17 April 2023 .
  2. Web site: Peperomia urvilleana . 2024-10-30 . New Zealand Plant Conservation Network . en.
  3. New Zealand Epiphytes . Oliver . W. R. B. . Journal of Ecology . 1930 . 18 . 1 . 1–50 . 10.2307/2255890 . 2255890 .
  4. Web site: wharanui . 2024-10-30 . Te Aka Māori Dictionary . en.

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