Peperomia cachabiana
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| Peperomia cachabiana | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Piperales |
| Family: | Piperaceae |
| Genus: | Peperomia |
| Species: | P. cachabiana |
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| Peperomia cachabiana | |
Peperomia cachabiana is a species of epiphyte in the genus Peperomia that is native to Ecuador.[1][2] It grows on wet tropical biomes.[1] Its conservation status is Threatened.[3]
The type specimen were collected near the Cachabí River in Esmeraldas, Ecuador.[4]
Peperomia cachabiana is entirely glabrous, with an erect stem that is hard when dry, measuring 1 mm thick. The leaves are alternate with very short petioles 2 mm long; the blade is elliptic-oblong, acute at both base and apex, measuring 4–5 cm long and 2 cm wide, membranaceous when dry and densely pellucid-punctate, with a central nerve emitting 5–6 ascending thin nerves. The peduncle is terminal, 25 mm long, several times longer than the petiole. The spike is slightly longer than the leaf blade, 5 cm long and 1 mm thick, densely flowered. The bract has an obovate pelt, pedicellate almost at the center. The anthers are rounded, nearly equaling the filament. The ovary is emergent, oblong, filled with glands, bearing a rounded stigma at the very apex.[4]
Taxonomy and naming
It was described in 1890 by Casimir de Candolle in the Bulletin de la Société Royale de Botanique de Belgique, from specimens collected by Luis Sodiro.[5] It was named for the locality in Ecuador where it was first collected, the Cachabí River.[4]