Peperomia debilipes
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| Peperomia debilipes | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Piperales |
| Family: | Piperaceae |
| Genus: | Peperomia |
| Species: | P. debilipes |
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| Peperomia debilipes | |
Peperomia debilipes 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 Yapas, Peru, at an altitude of 1,350–1,600 meters (4,430–5,250 ft).[4]
Peperomia debilipes is a small, epiphytic, rhizomatous-ascending, glabrous plant with a stem 2–3 mm thick. The alternate leaves are oblanceolate-obovate, obtuse, with a cuneate base, measuring 2–3 cm long and 1–2 cm wide. They are 5-nerved, drying to an opaque olive-green, and are described as having red veins on the underside when living. The very slender petiole is 10–15 mm long. The terminal spikes are 45 mm long and 3 mm thick, with short pseudopedicels, and are borne on a filiform peduncle 2 cm long.[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:debilis + wikt:pes, referring to the very slender, delicate petioles and peduncles.[4]