Peperomia exiguispica
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Piperales |
| Family: | Piperaceae |
| Genus: | Peperomia |
| Species: | P. exiguispica |
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| Peperomia exiguispica | |
Peperomia exiguispica 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 Puerto Arturo, Peru at an altitude of 155-210 meters.[4]
Peperomia exiguispica is a slender, mostly unbranched, rather large, glabrous, tree-dwelling herb with a stem 2–3 mm thick. The alternate leaves are lanceolate-elliptic, somewhat acute at both ends, measuring 4–5 cm long and 2–3 cm wide. They are obscurely 5-nerved, with a glandular-granular texture on the underside, and dry to an opaque finish. The petiole is 10 mm long. The spikes are very slender, 90 mm long, and borne on a 10 mm peduncle.[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 Llewelyn Williams.[5] It got its epithet from the Latin wikt:exiguus + wikt:spica, referring to the very slender, thin spikes. [4]