Peperomia famelica

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Peperomia famelica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Magnoliids
Order: Piperales
Family: Piperaceae
Genus: Peperomia
Species:
P. famelica
Binomial name
Peperomia famelica

Peperomia famelica is a species of flowering plant in the genus Peperomia.[1][2] It was first described by William Trelease and published in the book "Publications of the Field Museum of Natural History, Botanical Series 13(2): 45. 1936".[3] It primarily grows on wet tropical areas.[1]

Description[edit]

It is an impoverished terrestrial herb that is somewhat grassy, with a somewhat curly-pubescent stem and alternating subovate-elliptic and subacute leaves on both sides. 2.5–5 centimetres long, 1.5–2.5 centimetres wide, 5-veined in vivo; round-peltate plates, thin spikes 60 millimetres long laden with small pseudopedicels, white veins, pink beneath; petiole 5 millimetres long.[4]

Distribution[edit]

It is endemic to Peru.[1][2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "Peperomia famelica Trel". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Peperomia famelica Trel". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
  3. ^ "Peperomia famelica Trel". Tropicos. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
  4. ^ "Chicago, U.S.A, Field Museum of Natural History, [1936]". www.biodiversitylibrary.org/. Retrieved 29 February 2024.