Peperomia chanchamayana
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| Peperomia chanchamayana | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Piperales |
| Family: | Piperaceae |
| Genus: | Peperomia |
| Species: | P. chanchamayana |
| Binomial name | |
| Peperomia chanchamayana | |
Peperomia chanchamayana is a species of epiphyte in the genus Peperomia that is endemic in Peru.[1][2] It grows on wet tropical biomes.[1] Its conservation status is Threatened.[3]
The type specimen were collected near Chanchamayo Valley, Peru at an altitude of 1200 meters.[4]
Peperomia chanchamayana is a moderately small, epiphytic herb with a rhizome. It is unbranched and completely glabrous, with a stem about 2 mm thick. The alternate leaves are ovate to lanceolate, pointed at both ends, and 2.5–3.5 cm long by 1–1.5 cm wide. They are 3-nerved (or obscurely 5-nerved), paler on the underside, and somewhat leathery with a slightly crisp-revolute margin. The clasping petiole is about 1 cm long. The terminal spikes are 60–90 mm long and 1 mm thick, densely flowered, with very short pseudopedicels, and are borne on a 5 mm peduncle. The berries are subglobose with an oblique apiculus and have a subapical stigma.[4]
Taxonomy and naming
It was described in 1936 by William Trelease in Publications of the Field Museum of Natural History, Botanical Series 13, from specimens collected by Carlos Schunke.[5] It got its name from the location where the type specimen was collected. [4]