Biology:Peplidium foecundum
| Peplidium foecundum | |
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| near Narran Lake Nature Reserve | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Phrymaceae |
| Genus: | Peplidium |
| Species: | P. foecundum
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| Binomial name | |
| Peplidium foecundum W.R.Barker
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Peplidium foecundum is a plant in the Phrymaceae family, native to South Australia, Queensland, the Northern Territory and New South Wales.[1]
It was first described by William Robert Barker in 1992.[2][3] The species epithet, foecundum, is a Latin adjective which describes the plant as "fruitful".[4]
Description
Peplidium foecundum is a prostrate terrestrial or aquatic plant with rooting branches.[5] Its leaves are fleshy,[1][5] and up to 3 cm long on short (c. 0.5 mm) petioles.[5] The leaves can float when found in water.[5] The flowers are small and solitary, growing on short shoots in the leaf axils,[5] as racemes.[1] There are two stamens.[1] The fruit is an ovoid to globular capsule.[5]
Habitat
It is found in and beside ephemeral pools, in swamps,[1] on and in the margins of claypans[5] and swales.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Barker, W.R. (1992). "PlantNET - FloraOnline: Peplidium foecundum". https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Peplidium~foecundum.
- ↑ "Peplidium foecundum". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/rest/name/apni/117888.
- ↑ , Wikidata Q92901227
- ↑ , pp. 414, Wikidata Q101497897
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 "NT Flora: Peplidium foecundum". http://eflora.nt.gov.au/factsheet?id=5478.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q17746333 entry
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