Peperomia rossii
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Peperomia rossii is a species of plant in the family Piperaceae. It is endemic to Christmas Island, an Australian 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.Flora of Australia Online.
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.
Status and conservation
The plant is known only from the type collection made in 1898, and may be extinct.Cochrane (2002).
References
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- {{cite book |title= Monograph of Christmas Island|author=Andrews, Charles W.|year=1900 |series= |publisher=British Museum (Natural History) |location=London |isbn= |pages= |url= |display-authors=etal}}
- {{cite book |title=Christmas Island National Park Management Plan |author=Cochrane, Peter (Director of National Parks) |year=2002 |series= |publisher=Australian Government |location=Canberra|id={{Listed Invalid ISBN|0-642-54828-9}}|pages= |url= }}
- {{cite web |url= http://www.anbg.gov.au/abrs/online-resources/flora/stddisplay.xsql?pnid=6581|title= Peperomia rossii Rendle ex Baker f. |accessdate=2010-11-27 |work=Flora of Australia Online |publisher=Australian Biological Resources Study |date=1993 }}
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Category:Endemic flora of Christmas Island
Category:Plants described in 1900
Category:Taxa named by Edmund Gilbert Baker
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