Peperomia huallagana
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Piperales |
| Family: | Piperaceae |
| Genus: | Peperomia |
| Species: | P. huallagana |
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| Peperomia huallagana | |
Peperomia huallagana is a species of epiphytic herb in the genus Peperomia that is native to Peru.[1][2] It grows on wet tropical biomes.[1] Its conservation status is Threatened.[3]
The type specimen were collected at Río Huallaga Canyon, Peru.[4]
Peperomia huallagana is a moderately small, epiphytic, erect, more or less dichotomously branched, glabrous herb with a stem 2–3 mm thick. The leaves are typically in whorls of 3–4 at the nodes. They are obovate to obovate-oblong, slightly emarginate, with a cuneate base, measuring 12–20 mm long and 6–10 mm wide. They are obscurely 3-nerved, with the midrib indistinctly branched. The winged petiole is 2–5 mm long. The small terminal spikes are 30 mm long and 1 mm thick, densely flowered, and borne on a 1 cm peduncle. The flowers are immersed between anastomosing ribs on the rachis.[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]
The epithet is derived from the type locality, the Río Huallaga Canyon in Peru, where this species was first collected.[4]