Biology:Peperomia venezueliana

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Short description: Species of herb

Peperomia venezueliana
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Magnoliids
Order: Piperales
Family: Piperaceae
Genus: Peperomia
Species:
P. venezueliana
Binomial name
Peperomia venezueliana
Synonyms

Peperomia ernstiana C.DC. Peperomia longipes C.DC. Peperomia horrescens Trel.

Peperomia venezueliana is a species of herb and hemiepiphyte subshrub from the genus Peperomia. It grows in wet tropical biomes. It was discovered by Casimir de Candolle in 1866, in Venezuela..[1][2]

Etymology

Venezueliana came from the country "Venezuela". This refers to the species being discovered in Venezuela.[3]

Distribution

Peperomia venezueliana is native to Venezuela and Colombia. In Colombia, specimens can be found at an altitude of 1000–2300 meters. In Venezuela, specimens can be found at an altitude of 350-1250 meters..[4]

  • Venezuela
    • Carabobo
    • Monagas
    • Bolívar
    • Amazonas
    • Lara
      • Quebrada de Oro
    • Táchira
      • Junín
        • Quebrada Agua Blanca
    • Aragua
      • Colonia Tovar
    • Yaracuy
      • Sierra de Aroa
    • Mérida
      • Cerro El Toro
    • Anzoátegui
    • Miranda
      • Sucre
        • El Avila National Park
    • Cojedes
      • Ricaurte
    • Falcón
    • Guárico
    • Trujillo
  • Colombia
    • Antioquia
      • Envigado
      • Betania
      • Frontino
      • Caldas
      • Anorí
    • Magdalena
      • Santa Marta
        • Sierra de Onaca
    • Santander
      • Río Suratá valley
    • Meta
      • La Macarena
        • Tinigua National Park
    • Norte de Santander
      • Herrán

Peperomia longipes

  • Colombia
    • Magdalena
      • Santa Marta
        • Sierra de Ouaca

Peperomia ernstiana

  • Venezuela
    • Aragua

Description

Leaves alternate, briefly petiolate, Oval lance, and Pointed tip. They are glabrous on both sides. It trails on the ground, dry stem, flattened, glabrous, and the edge of the leaves is 0,035.[5]

Subtaxa

These subtaxa following varieties are accepted. [4][1]

Peperomia venezueliana var. aterrima Trel. & Yunck.

Peperomia venezueliana var. venezueliana

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "J. Bot. 4: 139 (1866)". Trel.. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:680164-1. 
  2. ↑ "Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 4: 139. 1866. (J. Bot.)". Trelease, William. https://www.tropicos.org/name/25000410. 
  3. ↑ "venezueliană". https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/venezueliană. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "C. DC. (1866). In: Journ. Bot. 4: 139.". Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World. https://www.gbif.org/species/7305712. 
  5. ↑ "Journal of botany, British and foreign". Missouri Botanical Garden, Peter H. Raven Library. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16233196#page/149/mode/1up. 

Wikidata ☰ Q15606393 entry




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