Biology:Peperomia rossii

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Peperomia rossii
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Magnoliids
Order: Piperales
Family: Piperaceae
Genus: Peperomia
Species:
P. rossii
Binomial name
Peperomia rossii
Rendle ex Baker f.[1]

Peperomia rossii is a species of plant in the family Piperaceae. It is endemic to Christmas Island, an Australia n territory in the northeastern Indian Ocean. Its specific epithet honours the Clunies-Ross family which established the Flying Fish Cove settlement on Christmas Island in 1888.[2]

Description

Peperomia rossii is an epiphytic herb growing to about 50–100 mm in height. It is glabrous, with creeping stems, rooting at the nodes, with an erect flowering shoot. The leaves are usually opposite, elliptic, entire, and 10–30 mm long. It carries many flowers. The fruit is a round berry, less than 1 mm long.[2]

Status and conservation

The plant is known only from the type collection made in 1898, and may be extinct.[2][3]

References

Notes

  1. Andrews et al. (1900), p.186.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Flora of Australia Online.
  3. Cochrane (2002).

Sources

Wikidata ☰ Q2867354 entry