Peperomia juniniana
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| Peperomia juniniana | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Piperales |
| Family: | Piperaceae |
| Genus: | Peperomia |
| Species: | P. juniniana |
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| Peperomia juniniana | |
Peperomia juniniana is a species of epiphytic herb in the genus Peperomia that is native to Ecuador & Peru.[1][2] It grows on wet tropical biomes.[1] Its conservation status is Threatened.[3]
The type specimen were collected at Chanchamayo Valley, Peru at an altitude of 1200 meters above sea level.[4]
Peperomia juniniana is a medium-sized, branching herb with a stem 1–3 mm thick that bears a transient crisp-villous indumentum. The alternate leaves are ovate, acuminate, with a shortly cordate base that is briefly cuneate within the sinus. They measure 4–10 cm long and 3–5 cm wide, with multiple pinnate nerves and a branched midrib. When dry, the leaves are thin, with a pale underside dotted with minute black glands, and the nerves are hirtellous. The crisp-hirtellous petiole is 1–4 cm long. The axillary spikes, when young, are 65 mm long and 2 mm thick, densely flowered, and borne on a 1 cm long, hirtellous 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 Carlos Schunke.[5]
The epithet is derived from the type locality where this species was first collected.[4]