Rorippa peekelii

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Rorippa peekelii

Description

Annual to shortlived perennial herb with taproot, glabrous, 20-60 cm high. Sepals elliptic-oblong, 2-3.7 mm long. Petals white, broadly spathulate, 3-4 mm long. Stamens 6; Ovary narrowly cylindrical with c. 0.3 mm long style. Seeds red-brown, subglo-bose to oblong, very finely reticulate-foveolate, 1.1-1.3 by 0.9-1.1 mm.

Distribution

Asia-Tropical: Bismarck Archipelago (Bismarck Archipelago present), E. Timor present, Mts Mutis & Tatamai-lau present, New Ireland present, Papua New Guinea present, W., E. & S. Highlands present
Malesia: E. Timor (Mts Mutis & Tatamai-lau), Papua New Guinea (W., E. & S. Highlands), Bismarck Archipelago (New Ireland).

Ecology

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Citation

VELDKAMP 1982 – In: Blumea: 166
SCHULZ 1936: p. 555. – In: E. & P., Nat. Pfl. Fam., ed. 2, 17b: f. 337D
VON MALM 1937 – In: Fedde, Rep. 41: 295