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Peplidium foecundum

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Peplidium foecundum
near Narran Lake Nature Reserve
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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.[2]

It was first described by William Robert Barker in 1992.[3][4] The species epithet, foecundum, is a Latin adjective which describes the plant as "fruitful".[5]

Description

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Peplidium foecundum is a prostrate terrestrial or aquatic plant with rooting branches.[6] Its leaves are fleshy,[2][6] and up to 3 cm long on short (c. 0.5 mm) petioles.[6] The leaves can float when found in water.[6] The flowers are small and solitary, growing on short shoots in the leaf axils,[6] as racemes.[2] There are two stamens.[2] The fruit is an ovoid to globular capsule.[6]

Habitat

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It is found in and beside ephemeral pools, in swamps,[2] on and in the margins of claypans[6] and swales.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Peplidium foecundum W.R.Barker | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Barker, W.R. (1992). "PlantNET - FloraOnline: Peplidium foecundum". plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Peplidium foecundum". Australian Plant Name Index, IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ Stearn, William T. (2004). Botanical Latin. Timber Press. p. 414. ISBN 978-0-7153-1643-6. OL 9380391M. Wikidata Q101497897.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g "NT Flora: Peplidium foecundum". eflora.nt.gov.au. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
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