Peperomia drapeta
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| Peperomia drapeta | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Piperales |
| Family: | Piperaceae |
| Genus: | Peperomia |
| Species: | P. drapeta |
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| Peperomia drapeta | |
Peperomia drapeta 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 Huacachi, Peru, at an altitude of 1,950 meters (6,400 ft).[4]
Peperomia drapeta is a moderately small, diffuse, tree-dwelling herb. When dry, the somewhat slender, angled stem is 1–2 mm thick, with densely interwoven branches, the sterile tips of which are crisp-villous. The alternate leaves are round to ovate and somewhat acuminate, with the longer leaves having a somewhat acute base. They are small, measuring 1–3.5 cm long and 1.5–2 cm wide, and are somewhat opaque when dry. The leaves are 3–5-nerved, with crisp pubescence above or glabrescent except on the nerves. The depressed-pilose petiole is about 1 cm long. The terminal and axillary spikes are 30–50 mm long and 1 mm thick, with loosely arranged flowers, and are borne on a 5 mm peduncle that is sparsely soft-pilose to glabrate. The berries are rounded-ovoid, mucronate, 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 James Francis Macbride.[5] It got its epithet from the Greek wikt:drapeta, referring to its sprawling, diffuse growth habit. [4]