Peperomia trunciseda
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| Peperomia trunciseda | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Piperales |
| Family: | Piperaceae |
| Genus: | Peperomia |
| Species: | P. trunciseda |
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| Peperomia trunciseda | |
Peperomia trunciseda is a species of epiphyte in the genus Peperomia found in Colombia and Ecuador.[1][2] Its conservation status is Threatened.[3]
The first specimens where collected in Ecuador.[4]
Peperomia trunciseda has leaves that are moderately petiolate, elliptical, acute at base, and obtuse at apex. It has a shallow board notch that is glabrous on both sides. It is 5-nerved, whose external nerves are often inconspicuous, with an end of the nerve running from the apex. The axillary and terminal axillary catkins are mature and sublaxiflorous. The bract is circle-like. The ovary has an obovate under apex bearing a small stigma. The berry is subimmersed, hairless, ovate, and obliquely rostellate at apex.
It is an epiphytic herb. The ramulose stem is a dry leathery that is about 2 mm thick. The younger branches are minutely pubescent and deglabrous. The sterile branchlets are rounded and fertile elliptic in dry membranous that is about 3 cm long and 2 cm wide. The petioles 1 cm long. Adult peduncles to 2 cm long.[4]
Taxonomy and Naming
It was described in 1898 by Casimir de Candolle in Bulletin de l'Herbier Boissier, from specimens collected by Luis Sodiro .[1][5] It gets its name from the description of the species.[4]