Peperomia timbuchiana
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| Peperomia timbuchiana | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Piperales |
| Family: | Piperaceae |
| Genus: | Peperomia |
| Species: | P. timbuchiana |
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| Peperomia timbuchiana | |
Peperomia timbuchiana is a species of herb in the genus Peperomia that is endemic in Peru.[1][2] Its conservation status is Threatened.[3]
The first specimens where collected in Timbuchi, Peru.[4]
Peperomia timbuchiana is a slender herb spreading with a little branch, the stem minutely disappearing with pubescence. The leaves alternate with an elliptic or sublanceolate acutely pointed at the base which is acute or rounded-acute. It is leathery when dry, brown underneath, darkly pinnate. The spikes are 1-2 terminating short terminal branch 2-bractate that is 100 mm long, with a threadlike peduncle that 10 mm long. The berry is a scutulate oblong that obliquely pointed, with the stigma at the tip.[4]
Taxonomy and Naming
It was described in 1936 by William Trelease in Publications of the Field Museum of Natural History, Botanical Series, from specimens collected by Llewelyn Williams.[5] It got its name from the location where the specimens were first collected, which was Timbuchi, Bolivia.[4]