Peperomia plurispica
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| Peperomia plurispica | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Piperales |
| Family: | Piperaceae |
| Genus: | Peperomia |
| Species: | P. plurispica |
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| Peperomia plurispica | |
Peperomia plurispica 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 Cani, Peru at an altitude of 2550 meters above sea level.[4]
Peperomia plurispica is a medium-sized, stoloniferous, ascending herb with a stem 2–3 mm thick (much thicker at the base), covered in crisp pilose hairs. The leaves are typically in whorls of 4–5 at the nodes. They are elliptic-oblong, somewhat acute at both ends, and somewhat small, measuring 15–30 mm long and 5–10 mm wide. They are glabrate above, crisp-pilose along the nerves beneath, and have more or less conspicuous black punctulations. The short, crisp-pilose petiole is 2–3 mm long. The terminal and axillary spikes are filiform, reaching 100 mm or more in length and 1 mm in thickness, with loosely arranged flowers, and are borne on an appressed-villous peduncle 2.5 cm long. The immersed ovaries are ovoid with a subapical 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 pluri- and spica, meaning "many-spiked," referring to the numerous spikes produced by this species.[4]