Peperomia tequendamana

Peperomia tequendamana is a species of hemiepiphytic subshrub in the genus Peperomia.[1][2] It was first described by William Trelease and published in the book "Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 16(1): 207. 1926".[3] It primarily grows on montane tropical areas.[1] The species name came from Tequendama Falls, where specimens of this species were first collected.[3]

Peperomia tequendamana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Magnoliids
Order: Piperales
Family: Piperaceae
Genus: Peperomia
Species:
P. tequendamana
Binomial name
Peperomia tequendamana
Synonyms
  • Peperomia rotundata var. tequendamana (Trel.) Steyerm.

Description

It is a moderately small, ascending herb with more or less branches; stem moderate (2–3 mm) with short internodes, rusty crisp-villous; leaves alternate (exceptionally opposite), broadly elliptic or ovate-elliptic, obtuse at both ends or abruptly blunt-acuminate, moderate (1.5 x 2.2 x 4 cm), 5-nerved, appreassed–hairy on both faces, grandular beneath; petiole very short (2 mm.), hairy; spkies terminal and axillary, 2 x 60 mm. somewhat loosely subverticiliately flowered; peduncle approximately 10 mm. long, from sparsely crisp–pubescent glabrescent; bracts round-peltate; ovary impressed, ovoid, obtuse; stigma subspical.[4]

Distribution

It is endemic to Central America and South America.[1][2]

References
  1. "Peperomia tequendamana Trel". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
  2. "Peperomia tequendamana Trel". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
  3. "Peperomia tequendamana Trel". Tropicos. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
  4. "Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences". www.biodiversitylibrary.org/. Retrieved 28 February 2024.


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