Peperomia rubens
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Piperales |
| Family: | Piperaceae |
| Genus: | Peperomia |
| Species: | P. rubens |
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| Peperomia rubens | |
Peperomia rubens 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 was collected near Chanchamayo Valley, Peru at an altitude of 1200 meters.[4]
Peperomia rubens is a rather large, nearly simple, ascending, glabrous herb that turns purplish when dry. The stem is 3 mm thick. The leaves are in whorls of 3. They are lanceolate-elliptic, acutely acuminate, with an acute base, measuring 4–5 cm long and 1.5–2 cm wide, and are 3-nerved with the nerves impressed above and prominent beneath. The slender petiole is 1 cm long. The terminal and upper axillary spikes are 100 mm long and 2 mm thick or more, with a peduncle 1 cm 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 the specimen collected by Carlos Schunke.[5] The epithet rubens is Latin for "reddish" or "blushing," referring to the purplish coloration of the dried specimens.[4]