Peperomia curtipes
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Piperales |
| Family: | Piperaceae |
| Genus: | Peperomia |
| Species: | P. curtipes |
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| Peperomia curtipes | |
Peperomia curtipes is a species of epiphyte in the genus Peperomia that is endemic in Bolivia & Peru.[1][2] It grows on wet tropical biomes.[1] Its conservation status is Threatened.[3]
The type specimen were collected near San Nicolás, Peru at an altitude of 1100 meters.[4]
Peperomia curtipes is an almost stemless, glabrous herb. The alternate leaves are rounded, somewhat acuminate, with a cordate base where the sinus is nearly closed. They measure 8–13 cm long and 8–12 cm wide, and are palmately 9-nerved (or the midrib may be obscurely branched above). When dry, the leaves turn a dark brown. The petiole is very long, 15–20 cm. The spikes are 50 mm long and 2 mm thick or larger, with what appears to be an elongated peduncle. The ovary is globose with 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 Ellsworth Paine Killip & Dorothea Eliza Smith.[5] It got its epithet from the Latin wikt:curtus + wikt:pes, meaning "short-footed", referring to the stemless habit of this species. [4]