Peperomia cotoneasterifolia
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| Peperomia cotoneasterifolia | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Piperales |
| Family: | Piperaceae |
| Genus: | Peperomia |
| Species: | P. cotoneasterifolia |
| Binomial name | |
| Peperomia cotoneasterifolia | |
Peperomia cotoneasterifolia 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 Carpapata, Peru at an altitude of 2700-3200 meters.[4]
Peperomia cotoneasterifolia is a moderately tall, tree-dwelling herb that is more or less branched. The stem is 2–3 mm thick and densely covered with appressed villous hairs when young. The opposite leaves are elliptic-subovate, with an abruptly somewhat acute tip and base, measuring 2–2.5 cm long and 1.5–2 cm wide. They are 3- or obscurely 5-nerved. The upper surface is glabrate, while the pale underside is tomentose. The appressed-pilose petiole is 5 mm long. The axillary spikes are 60 mm long and 2 mm thick, borne on a 10 mm peduncle. The berries are ovoid, somewhat acute, and have an apical 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 Ellsworth Paine Killip & Dorothea Eliza Smith.[5] It got its epithet from the description of the type specimen, which translates to "with leaves like Cotoneaster", referring to the resemblance of folia in the genus Cotoneaster. [4]