Peplidium foecundum

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Peplidium foecundum
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near Narran Lake Nature Reserve
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Phrymaceae
Genus: Peplidium
Species:
P. foecundum
Binomial name
Peplidium foecundum

Peplidium foecundum is a plant in the Phrymaceae family, native to South Australia, Queensland, the Northern Territory and New South Wales. [1]

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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]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Barker, W.R. (1992). "PlantNET - FloraOnline: Peplidium foecundum". plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  2. "Peplidium foecundum". Australian Plant Name Index, IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
  3. W R Barker (1992). "New Australasian Species of Peplidium and Glossostigma (Scrophulariaceae)" (PDF). Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens. 15 (1): 71–74. ISSN   0313-4083. JSTOR   23874470. Wikidata   Q92901227. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 July 2020.
  4. William T. Stearn (2004). Botanical Latin. Timber Press. p. 414. ISBN   978-0-7153-1643-6. Wikidata   Q101497897.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "NT Flora: Peplidium foecundum". eflora.nt.gov.au. Retrieved 11 July 2021.