Peperomia tonduzii
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Piperales |
| Family: | Piperaceae |
| Genus: | Peperomia |
| Species: | P. tonduzii |
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| Peperomia tonduzii | |
Peperomia tonduzii is a species of epiphytic subshrub in the genus Peperomia found in Costa Rica.[1][2] It primarily grows on wet tropical biomes.[1] Its conservation status is Threatened.[3]
The first specimens where collected in Costa Rica.[4]
Peperomia tonduzii has alternate petiolate leaves, elliptic and obovate at base, acute at tip, rounded on both sides, and not densely villous. It's 1-nerved, the terminal catkins are pedunculated, filiform, several times exceeding the leaves. It has glabrous rhizomes, obovate ovary, and perpilose stigma.[4]
Taxonomy and naming
It was described in 1891 by Casimir de Candolle in Bulletin de la Société Botanique de Belgique, from specimens collected by Pittier .[1][5] It gets its name from Adolphe Tonduz.[4]
