Biology:Peperomia puberuliformis
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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. puberuliformis
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| Peperomia puberuliformis Trel.
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Peperomia puberuliformis or Peperomia puberulaeformis is a species of terrestrial or epiphytic herb in the genus Peperomia that is native to Peru.[1][2] It grows on wet tropical biomes.[1] Its conservation status is threatened.[3]
Description
The type specimen were collected at Kimpitiriki, Peru at an altitude of 400 meters above sea level.[4]
Peperomia puberuliformis is a medium-sized, glabrous, epiphytic, tree-dwelling herb with a short stem arising from a thick rhizome and erect. The few leaves are elliptic, obtuse, apparently rounded at the base and peltate, measuring 6 cm long and 4 cm wide. When dry, they are green, very thin, translucent, and about 7-nerved. The petiole is 3 cm long. The spikes are 150 mm long and 2 mm thick, succulent, with a peduncle 2–4 cm long. The ovary is ovoid, narrowed below a subcapitate stigma.[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 & Albert Charles Smith.[5]
The epithet combines puberulus (minutely pubescent) and -formis (shaped), referring to the resemblance of this species to others in the puberula group, despite being largely glabrous.[4]
Distribution and habitat
It is native to Peru.[2] It grows as a terrestrial or epiphytic herb.[1] It grows on wet tropical biomes.[1]
Conservation
This species has been assessed as threatened in a preliminary report.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Peperomia puberuliformis Trel.". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:679547-1.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Peperomia puberuliformis Trel.". Species. GBIF. http://www.gbif.org/species/4184769.
- ↑ 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 Trelease, William. "Publications of the Field Museum of Natural History, Botanical Series 13(2): 80. 1936.". Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 13(2): 80. http://www.peperomia.net/photos/puberuliformis-txt.gif.
- ↑ "Peperomia puberuliformis Trel.". http://legacy.tropicos.org/Name/25001402.
Wikidata ☰ Q15611718 entry
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