Biology:Peperomia vestita
| Peperomia vestita | |
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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. vestita
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| Binomial name | |
| Peperomia vestita | |
Peperomia vestita is a species of epiphyte from the genus Peperomia. It was discovered by Casimer de Candolle in 1898.[1][2]
Etymology
Vestita came from the Latin word "vestitus". Vestitus defines as covered or blackened, having been covered by vegetation.[3]
Distribution
Peperomia vestita is endemic to Bolivia.[1][4]
- Bolivia
- La Paz
- Franz Tamayo
- Madidi National Park
- Apolo
- Inquisivi
- Sud Yungas
- Nor Yungas
- Franz Tamayo
- Santa Cruz
- Florida
- Bermejo
- Florida
- Cochabamba
- Ayopaya
- La Paz
Description
It has long petiole leaves with an oblong-pointed base, obtuse tips on both sides, densely haired on both sides, and central nerves sending 4-5 nerves on both sides. Catkins are arranged in a pinnacle at the tip of the stem themselves than shorter and very short-pedunculated leaves, they have circular leaves, a broad leaf ovary at the base, and shortly narrowed at the long-right tip and unequal.[5]
Subtaxa
These subtaxa are accepted.[1][4]
- Peperomia vestita var. lindenii Rauh
- Peperomia vestita var. vestita
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 25: 568 (1898)". C.DC.. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:189932-2.
- ↑ "Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 25: 568. 1898. (Bull. Torrey Bot. Club)". Candolle, Anne Casimir Pyramus de. http://legacy.tropicos.org/Name/50127724.
- ↑ "Vestitus". Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879). https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/vestitus.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "C. DC. (1898). In: Bull. Torr. Bot. Club, 568.". Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World. https://www.gbif.org/species/7305664.
- ↑ "Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club". Torrey Botanical Club.. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10418536#page/703/mode/1up.
Wikidata ☰ Q18035276 entry
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