Peperomia crinigera
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| Peperomia crinigera | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Piperales |
| Family: | Piperaceae |
| Genus: | Peperomia |
| Species: | P. crinigera |
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| Peperomia crinigera | |
Peperomia crinigera 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 Palca, Peru.[4]
Peperomia crinigera is a moderately tall, more or less branched, ascending herb. The stem is 2–3 mm thick and covered with stiff, crisp hairs. The leaves are in whorls of about 5 at the nodes. They are elliptic-subobovate, obtuse, with a somewhat acute base, measuring 10–16 mm long and 6–8 mm wide. The leaves are obscurely 3-nerved and covered with crisp, hispid hairs. The crisp-pilose petiole is about 3 mm long. The spikes are terminal and from the upper axils, reaching 60 mm in length and 1 mm in thickness, with loosely inserted flowers. The peduncle is 1–2 cm long and also covered with stiff, crisp hairs.[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 Frank Lincoln Stevens.[5] It got its epithet from the Latin wikt:crinis + wikt:gero, meaning "hair-bearing". [4]