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Peperomia Ruiz & Pav.

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Peperomia Ruiz & Pav. (1794)
Peperomia Ruiz & Pav.
Names_Fungi record source Peperomia

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Indigenous, non-endemic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region

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Ruiz & Pav.
Ruiz & Pav.
1794
ICN
Peperomia Ruiz & Pav.
genus
Peperomia

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Piperales
Piperaceae
Peperomia

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Allan, H.H. 1961: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. I. Indigenous Tracheophyta: Psilopsida, Lycopsida, Filicopsida, Gymnospermae, Dicotyledones. Government Printer, Wellington.

Peperomia Ruiz & Pav.

Fls minute, perfect, in slender bracted spikes; per. 0; stamens 2, subsessile, anther-cells confluent. Ovary sessile, 1-celled; stigma penicillate; ovule solitary, erect. Fr. minute, indehiscent. Annual to perennial us. succulent herbs; lvs alt., opp., or whorled, exstipulate. Over 500 spp., mostly tropical and subtropical.

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Peperomia Ruiz & Pav.
Peperomia Ruiz & Pav.
Allan, H.H. (1961)
Peperomia Ruiz & Pav.
Peperomia Ruiz & Pav.
Dawson, M.I. (2008)
Piperaceae Giseke
Peperomia Ruiz & Pav.
Peperomia
Mabberley, D.J. (2008)
Peperomia Ruiz & Pav.
Piperaceae Giseke

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Peperomia Ruiz & Pav.
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Australia
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Cook Islands
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Cook Islands
Rarotonga
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Indonesia
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Micronesia, Federated States Of
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New Caledonia
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New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
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New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
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Samoa
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Tonga
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United States
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7832d933-6a88-48b9-be7b-de050cf6deac
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
30 October 2023
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