Peperomia fissicola
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Piperales |
| Family: | Piperaceae |
| Genus: | Peperomia |
| Species: | P. fissicola |
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| Peperomia fissicola | |
Peperomia fissicola is a species of lithophyte 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 Huánuco, Peru at an altitude of 2100 meters.[4]
Peperomia fissicola is a moderately tall, glabrous herb that grows quickly erect from rock crevices. The firm stem is about 3 mm thick. The alternate leaves are clustered at the stem apex, recurved, and axe-shaped, pointed at both ends, measuring 15 mm long and 5 mm wide. The petiole is scarcely 5 mm long. The spikes are paniculate, terminating a rather long, slender, few-leaved prolongation of the stem. They are 50 mm long and 1 mm thick, with peduncles about 5 mm 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 James Francis Macbride.[5] It got its epithet from the Latin wikt:fissura + wikt:colo, referring to its habitat growing in rock fissures. [4]