Peperomia flabilis
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| Peperomia flabilis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Piperales |
| Family: | Piperaceae |
| Genus: | Peperomia |
| Species: | P. flabilis |
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| Peperomia flabilis | |
Peperomia flabilis 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 Victoria, Peru.[4]
Peperomia flabilis is a moderately small, more or less forked, glabrous herb with a stem 2–3 mm thick. The leaves are in whorls of 3–4 at the nodes. They are bluntly acuminate, with an acute base, measuring 2–3 cm long and 1–1.5 cm wide. The leaves are 3-nerved, opaque, and paler with a minute granular texture on the underside. The slender petiole is 3–6 mm long. The spikes are terminal and from the upper axils, filiform, reaching 100 mm in length, and are borne on a very slender peduncle 10 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:flabilis, referring to its delicate, slender spikes that might sway in the wind, or to its habitat.[4]