Peperomia naviculifolia
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| Peperomia naviculifolia | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Piperales |
| Family: | Piperaceae |
| Genus: | Peperomia |
| Species: | P. naviculifolia |
| Binomial name | |
| Peperomia naviculifolia | |
Peperomia naviculifolia or Peperomia naviculaefolia is a species of terrestrial or 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 Huariaca, Peru at an altitude of 2850 meters above sea level.[4]
Peperomia naviculifolia is a small, alpine, scarcely branched, glabrous herb with a stem about 5 mm thick, densely leafy toward the base and terminating in a remotely bracteate scape. The alternate leaves are very thick, deeply V-sulcate or boat-shaped, obliquely lanceolate-elliptic, measuring 15 mm long and 7 mm wide. They are acute at both ends, nerveless or obscurely 3-nerved, and granular in texture. The slender petiole is 5 mm long. Several spikes are arranged in a panicle at the apex of the scape, each 40 mm long and 2 mm thick, with loosely arranged flowers, and borne on a 5 mm peduncle. The ovary is ovoid with an apical stigma.[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 combines the Latin navicula and folia, referring to the distinctive deeply grooved, boat-shaped leaves.[4]