Peperomia tenerrima
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Piperales |
| Family: | Piperaceae |
| Genus: | Peperomia |
| Species: | P. tenerrima |
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Peperomia tenerrima is a species of epiphyte in the genus Peperomia found in parts of Central America.[1][2] It primarily grows on wet tropical biomes.[1] Its conservation status is Not Threatened.[3]
The first specimens where collected in Veracruz, Mexico.[4]
Peperomia tenerrima has stems that are ramose, creeping, and with erect branches. The leaves are glabrous, four whorled, shortly petiolate, obcordate, cornusulate, subnervular, obsoletely ciliate and pubescent. It has a single elongated spike at the tip. The branches are pollicate and bipollicate with the petiole being third and half-length of the laminae.[4]