Peperomia tanalensis
| Peperomia tanalensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Piperales |
| Family: | Piperaceae |
| Genus: | Peperomia |
| Species: | P. tanalensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Peperomia tanalensis | |
Peperomia tanalensis is a species of flowering plant in the genus Peperomia.[1] It was first described by John Gilbert Baker and published in the book "Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 20: 244. 1882".[2] It primarily grows on wet tropical biomes.[1] The species name came from Tanala, where first specimens of this species were collected.[2]
Distribution[edit]
It is endemic to Madagascar.[1][3] First specimens where found Fianarantsoa, Tanala.[2][3]
Description[edit]
It is upright, pilose, heavily branched, densely tufted, and has approximately one foot tall stems. The leaves are ternate, shortly petioled, oblong, acute, entire, approximately 1 inch long. The leaves are densely pilose, with a pronounced midrib and two faint side veins that run from the base to the margin a short distance from the tip of the leaf. They are also opposite or at the tip of the branchlets. The copius spikes that are slender, terminal, shortly peduncled; rachis glabrous; peltate bracts, glabrous, lower distant, upper contiguous. Glabrous ovary with a sessile stigma at the end.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "J. Bot. 20: 244 (1882)". powo.science.kew.org/. Baker. Retrieved 23 February 2024.
- ^ a b c "Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 20: 244. 1882". legacy.tropicos.org. Baker, John Gilbert. Retrieved 23 February 2024.
- ^ a b "Baker. (1882). In: J. Bot. 20: 244". gbif.org. Catalogue of Life Checklist. Retrieved 23 February 2024.
- ^ "Journal of botany, British and foreign". www.biodiversitylibrary.org/. Retrieved 23 February 2024.
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