Peperomia trichopus
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| Peperomia trichopus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Piperales |
| Family: | Piperaceae |
| Genus: | Peperomia |
| Species: | P. trichopus |
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| Peperomia trichopus | |
Peperomia trichopus is a species of epiphytic subshrub or herb in the genus Peperomia found in parts of United States and parts of South America.[1][2] It primarily grows on wet tropical biomes.[1] Its conservation status is Not Threatened.[3]
The first specimens where collected in Peru.[4]
Peperomia trichopus is a very delicate epiphytic creeping herb, with a glabrous filiform stem. The leaves at the node usually 5 obovate-cuneate with a rounded tip. It is barely 5 mm long and 4 mm wide. It is 3-nerved, appressed-pubescent above, filiform petioles in whorls, 2–5 mm long. The terminal spikes are 30 mm long, 1 cm thick, loose catkins, with a filiform peduncle 3–4 cm long. The bracts are round. The red-brown berries are oblong, curved, short but distinctly loaded, subconically apiculate, with terminal stigma.[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 James Francis Macbride.[5] It got its name from the description of the leaves.