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Peperomia incana

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Peperomia incana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Magnoliids
Order: Piperales
Family: Piperaceae
Genus: Peperomia
Species:
P. incana
Binomial name
Peperomia incana
Synonyms
  • Piper incanum Haw.

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

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  1. ^ "Peperomia incana". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
  2. ^ Hooker, Sir William Jackson (1823). 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. p. 66.

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