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Peperomia enervis

Peperomia enervis
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Family
Piperaceae (Pepper family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
NE. Queensland
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Peperomia enervis is a plant in the pepper family Piperaceae found only in rainforests of northeast Queensland near the cities of Cairns and Mackay. It was first described in 1891.

Where it grows

Peperomia enervis is found in two disjunct populations in Queensland - the larger one is within the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area near Cairns, and a smaller one in and around the Eungella National Park, west of Mackay. It grows on tree trunks and moss covered rocks in high altitude rainforest to about 1,200 m (3,900 ft).

Other Peperomia plants

Peperomia abnormis · Peperomia aceramarcana · Peperomia acuminata · Peperomia aerea · Peperomia aguabonitensis · Peperomia ainana · Winged peperomia · Peperomia alatiscapa · Peperomia albovittata · Peperomia amphitricha · Peperomia angustata · Peperomia antoniana

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Peperomia enervis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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