Biology:Peperomia incana
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Short description: Species of plant
Peperomia incana | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Magnoliids |
Order: | Piperales |
Family: | Piperaceae |
Genus: | Peperomia |
Species: | P. incana
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Binomial name | |
Peperomia incana (Haw.) Hook.
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Peperomia incana, commonly known as felted pepperface, is a species of plant in the genus Peperomia of the family Piperaceae. It is native to Brazil.[1] Kept in cultivation at Kew Gardens since 1815, the species is notable among Peperomia for its thick, cordate leaves that are covered with a fuzzy, felt-like down.[2]
References
- ↑ "Peperomia incana" (in en). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/60460137-2.
- ↑ Hooker, Sir William Jackson (1823) (in en). Exotic Flora: Containing Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare Or Otherwise Interesting Exotic Plants...with Remarks Upon Their Generic and Specific Characters, Natural Orders, History, Culture, Time of Flowering, &c. W. Blackwood. pp. 66. https://books.google.com/books?id=01ECAAAAYAAJ&dq=%22Peperomia+incana%22&pg=PP305.
Wikidata ☰ Q11815596 entry
![]() | Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peperomia incana.
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