Biology:Peperomia versicolor
| Peperomia versicolor | |
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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. versicolor
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| Binomial name | |
| Peperomia versicolor Trel.
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| Synonyms | |
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Peperomia niveopunctulata Trel. Peperomia pilulifera Trel. | |
Peperomia versicolor is a species of epiphyte or lithophyte from the genus Peperomia. It grows in wet tropical biomes. It was discovered by William Trelease and published the species in the book "Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 26(4): 200. 1929".[1] First-ever specimens were founded in Costa Rica and 1926. [2] versicolor means particolored or changes its color.
Distribution
Peperomia versicolor is native from Nicaragua to Ecuador. Specimens can be collected at an elevation of 780 - 2000 meters.[1][3]
- Costa Rica
- Cartago
- Reventazón River
- Alajuela
- San Carlos
- Fortuna
- San Ramón
- Angeles
- Upala
- Aguas Claras
- San Carlos
- Limón
- Siquirres
- Florida
- Siquirres
- Puntarenas
- Golfito
- Jiménez
- Golfito
- San José
- Pérez Zeledón
- Rivas
- Pérez Zeledón
- Cartago
- Colombia
- Antioquia
- Sopetrán
- Jardín
- Frontino
- Urrao
- Envigado
- Campamento
- Amalfi
- Valle del Cauca
- Yotoco
- Restrepo
- Santander
- Encino
- Nariño
- Barbacoas
- Altaquer
- Barbacoas
- Risaralda
- Pereira
- Meta
- La Macarena
- Antioquia
- Panama
- Coclé
- Chiriquí
- Ecuador
- Manabi
- Flavio Alfaro
- Zamora-Chinchipe
- Napo
- Carchi
- Pichincha
- Manabi
- Nicaragua
- Granada
- Estelí
- Jinotega
- Bocay
- Río San Juan
- Matagalpa
- Atlántico Norte
- Belize
- Toledo
Peperomia niveo-punctulata
- Costa Rica
- Limón
Peperomia pilulifera
- Costa Rica
- Limón
Description
It is a small stoloniferous-erect glabrous epiphytic herb. Its stem is 2 millimeters thick with short internodes. Leaves alternate, they are lance-shaped and acute at both ends. It is 5-nerved, thin-leathered, opaque, and purple-red beneath. Its petioles are 3 millimeters long. It has terminal spikes and axillary and a peduncle that is 5 millimeters long, leaves are round-peltate.[4]
Subtaxa
The following are recognized as synonyms.[1][3]
- Peperomia niveopunctulata Trel.
- Peperomia pilulifera Trel.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 26: 200 (1929)". Trel.. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:189928-2.
- ↑ "Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 26(4): 200. 1929. (31 Dec 1929) (Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb.)". Trelease, William. http://legacy.tropicos.org/Name/25002856.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Trel. (1929). In: Contrib. U. S. Nat. Herb. 26: 200.". Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World. https://www.gbif.org/species/4189038.
- ↑ "Contributions from the United States National Herbarium". Washington, D.C, Smithsonian Institution Press. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/383046#page/245/mode/1up.
Wikidata ☰ Q15607119 entry
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