Biology:Peperomia tenella
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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. tenella
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| Peperomia tenella (Sw.) A.Dietr.
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Peperomia tenella, known as the Jayuya, is a species of perennial, lithophyte or epiphyte in the genus Peperomia.[1][2] It was first described by Olof Swartz but named it Piper tenellum.[3] Albert Gottfried Dietrich then changed the species into Peperomia and published in the book "Species Plantarum. editio sexta 1: 153. 1831".[4] It primarily grows on wet tropical biomes.[1] The species name came from the Latin word wikt:tenellus, which means tender.
Description
It has a straightforward decumbent stem with an ascending spike and two oval, ciliated leaves.[3]
There are three to four uncial stems that are hairy, hardly striate, smooth, rarely split, and minutely reddish-dotted. The stems are little, quickly petiolate, attenuate, obtuse, vigorous, sub-succulent, glabrous, pale below leaves. Filiform spike terminal. Scales severed at the sprout's side. No style. Stigma villous. A pedicel that is three times longer than the shoot, this pedicellate berry is about the size of a tiny needle head.[3]
Subtaxa
Following subtaxa are accepted.[1][2]
- Peperomia tenella subsp. glabra C.DC.
- Peperomia tenella var. deltoides Trel.
- Peperomia tenella var. epiphytica Trel.
- Peperomia tenella var. glabra C.DC.
Distribution
It is endemic to Caribbean, Central America, and South America.[1][2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Peperomia tenella (Sw.) A.Dietr.". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:680003-1.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Peperomia tenella (Sw.) A.Dietr.". Species. GBIF. http://www.gbif.org/species/3086387.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Species plantarum". https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59124049#page/171/mode/1up.
- ↑ "Peperomia tenella (Sw.) A.Dietr.". http://legacy.tropicos.org/Name/25001118.
Wikidata ☰ Q15606047 entry
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