Biology:Peperomia asterophylla
| Peperomia asterophylla | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Piperales |
| Family: | Piperaceae |
| Genus: | Peperomia |
| Species: | P. asterophylla
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| Binomial name | |
| Peperomia asterophylla Trel.
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Peperomia asterophylla is a species of epiphyte in the genus Peperomia that is endemic in Peru.[1][2] It grows on wet tropical biomes.[1] Its conservation status is Threatened.[3]
Description
The type specimen were collected near Santa Rosa, Peru at an altitude of 135 meters (443 ft).[4]
Peperomia asterophylla is a medium-sized, stoloniferous herb with a suberect, tufted growth habit. Its stems are 2 to 3 mm thick and velvety at the nodes. The leaves are arranged in whorls of three to five at each node, elliptical in shape with a bluntly pointed tip and an acute base. They measure Template:Convert abbreviated in length and Template:Convert abbreviated in width, with three obscure nerves. When dried, the leaves are dull and minutely wrinkled, smooth or nearly so. The petioles are 3 to 4 mm long and brown-velvety. The flower spikes are axillary and terminal, 40 to 80 mm long and 2 mm thick, borne on a nearly smooth peduncle Template:Convert abbreviated long. The floral bracts are rounded and peltate.[4]
Taxonomy and naming
It was described in 1936 by William Trelease in Publications of the Field Museum of Natural History, Botanical Series 13 (es), from specimens collected by Ellsworth Paine Killip & Dorothea Eliza Smith.[5] It got its name from the description of the type specimen.[4]
Distribution and habitat
It is endemic in Peru.[2] It grows on a epiphyte environment and is a herb.[1][4] It grows on wet tropical biomes.[1]
Conservation
This species is assessed as Threatened, in a preliminary report.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Peperomia asterophylla Trel.". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:188316-2.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Peperomia asterophylla Trel.". Species. GBIF. http://www.gbif.org/species/4188972.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Bachman, Steven P.; Brown, Matilda J. M.; Leão, Tarciso C. C.; Lughadha, Eimear Nic; Walker, Barnaby E. (2024). "Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation". New Phytologist 242 (2): 797–808. doi:10.1111/nph.19592. PMID 38437880. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Trelease, William. ":Publications of the Field Museum of Natural History, Botanical Series 13(357): 23. 1936.". Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 13(357): 23. http://www.peperomia.net/photos/asterophylla-txt.gif.
- ↑ "Peperomia asterophylla Trel.". http://legacy.tropicos.org/Name/25001161.
Wikidata ☰ Q15605315 entry
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