Peperomia flavescentifolia
| Peperomia flavescentifolia | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Piperales |
| Family: | Piperaceae |
| Genus: | Peperomia |
| Species: | P. flavescentifolia
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| Binomial name | |
| Peperomia flavescentifolia | |
Peperomia flavescentifolia is a species of epiphyte in the genus Peperomia that is endemic in Peru.[1][2] It grows on wet tropical biomes.[1] Its conservation status is Threatened.[3]
Description
The type specimen were collected near Iquitos, Peru at an altitude of 100 meters.[4]
Peperomia flavescentifolia is a slender, pendulous, epiphytic herb that is essentially glabrous. The leaves are elliptic, somewhat acuminate, with a somewhat acute base, measuring 3–5 cm long and 2–3 cm wide. They have obscure pinnate venation, and the underside is yellowish and granular in texture. When dry, the leaves are very leathery. The petiole is scarcely 5 mm long. The spikes are borne in pairs at the apex of a short sympodial branchlet. They are 100–150 mm long and slender, with a peduncle 15 mm long. The pale berries are conical-oblong, acutely and obliquely truncated, with the stigma inserted on a small shield.[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 Ellsworth Paine Killip & Dorothea Eliza Smith.[5] It got its epithet from the Latin wikt:flavescens + wikt:folia, referring to the yellowish underside of the leaves. [4]
Distribution and habitat
It is endemic in Peru.[2] It grows on a epiphyte environment and is a herb.[1][4] It grows on wet tropical biomes.[1]
Conservation
This species is assessed as Threatened, in a preliminary report.[3]
References
- ^ a b c d "Peperomia flavescentifolia Trel". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 14 March 2026.
- ^ a b "Peperomia flavescentifolia Trel". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 14 March 2026.
- ^ a b Bachman, Steven P.; Brown, Matilda J. M.; Leão, Tarciso C. C.; Lughadha, Eimear Nic; Walker, Barnaby E. (2024). "Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation". New Phytologist. 242 (2): 797–808. doi:10.1111/nph.19592. PMID 38437880.
- ^ a b c d Trelease, William. "Publications of the Field Museum of Natural History, Botanical Series 13(357): 46. 1936". Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 13(357): 46.
- ^ "Peperomia flavescentifolia Trel". Tropicos. Retrieved 14 March 2026.
