Biology:Peperomia tetraphylla

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Peperomia tetraphylla
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Four-leaved Peperomia at Budderoo National Park, Australia
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Fruiting spike of Peperomia tetraphylla
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Magnoliids
Order: Piperales
Family: Piperaceae
Genus: Peperomia
Species:
P. tetraphylla
Binomial name
Peperomia tetraphylla
(G.Forst.) Hook. & Arn.

Peperomia tetraphylla, known as the acorn peperomia or four-leaved peperomia, is a small plant in the Peperomia genus and the Piperaceae family that grows natively in tropical and subtropical regions around the world. Additionally in can found on Easter Island as an introduced species.[1]

P. tetraphylla is a low-growing herb, with creeping stems, sometimes forming mats. The leaves are elliptic or round, growing in whorls of 3 to 4, typically green but might also be reddish on the underside. It grows in wet highland and evergreen forests, often as an epiphyte on top of trees or falles logs, but can also be found on rocky knolls or among grass by river banks.[1]

The specific epithet tetraphylla is from the Ancient Greek language, meaning "four leaves".[2] It was first described in 1832 by W.J. Hooker and G.A. Walker-Arnott after a coastal survey of South America under the command of Captain F.W. Beechey.[1]

Three varieties are known: P. tetraphylla, Peperomia tetraphylla var. piedadeana, and Peperomia tetraphylla var. tenera.[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Peperomia tetraphylla (G.Forst.) Hook. & Arn.". Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1068802-2. 
  2. Les Robinson - Field Guide to the Native Plants of Sydney, ISBN:978-0-7318-1211-0 page 373
  3. Mathieu, Guido. "Taxonomic Repertory of the Genus Peperomia". http://peperomia.net/repertory.asp. 

Wikidata ☰ Q3336567 entry