Peperomia rhodophylla
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| Peperomia rhodophylla | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Piperales |
| Family: | Piperaceae |
| Genus: | Peperomia |
| Species: | P. rhodophylla |
| Binomial name | |
| Peperomia rhodophylla | |
Peperomia rhodophylla is a species of epiphyte in the genus Peperomia that is endemic in Peru.[1][2] It grows on wet tropical biomes.[1] Its conservation status is Not Threatened.[3]
The type specimen were collected near Ollantaitambo, Peru at an altitude of 2900-3100 meters.[4]
Peperomia rhodophylla is a small, very succulent, rock-dwelling herb that is opaque but scarcely more than minutely papillose. The stem is 2–4 mm thick. The leaves are in whorls of about 4 at the nodes. They are somewhat ovate-elliptic, very obtuse, with a somewhat acute base, measuring 16 mm long and 8 mm wide, and are scarcely nerved. The petiole is 2–3 mm long. The terminal spikes, when young, are 10 mm long and 1 mm thick, densely flowered, with a filiform peduncle about the same length.[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 Francis W. Pennell.[5] The epithet rhodophylla is derived from the Greek rhodon and phyllon, referring to the reddish or rose-colored leaves often found in this species. [4]