Peperomia pontina
Species of plant
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Peperomia pontina 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]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Piperales |
| Family: | Piperaceae |
| Genus: | Peperomia |
| Species: | P. pontina |
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Description
The type specimen were collected at Perené, Peru at an altitude of 700 meters above sea level.[4]
Peperomia pontina is a creeping, interwoven, epiphytic herb with slender stems. The stems, petioles, and leaf nerves on the underside are more or less covered in crisp villous hairs. The alternate leaves are round-cordate, bluntly subacuminate, measuring 10–25 mm in both length and width. They are 7-nerved, green, and purplish in color. The petiole is 5–10 mm long. The (apparently axillary) spikes are 20 mm long and 1 mm thick, with a filiform peduncle 10–15 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 Ellsworth Paine Killip & Albert Charles Smith.[5]
The epithet is Latin for "of the bridge," referring to the type locality situated near the Perené Bridge in the Paucartambo Valley.[4]
Distribution and habitat
It is native to Peru.[2] It grows as a terrestrial or epiphytic herb.[1] It grows on wet tropical biomes.[1]
Conservation
This species is assessed as Threatened, in a preliminary report.[3]