Peperomia stilifera
| Peperomia stilifera | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Piperales |
| Family: | Piperaceae |
| Genus: | Peperomia |
| Species: | P. stilifera
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| Binomial name | |
| Peperomia stilifera | |
Peperomia stilifera is a species of epiphyte in the genus Peperomia that is endemic in Ecuador.[1][2] Its conservation status is Threatened.[3]
Description
The first specimens where collected in Santiago-Zamora, Ecuador.[4]
Peperomia stilifera is a moderately sized, spreading, glabrous terrestrial herb. The stem is dull purple when living, measuring 3–4 mm thick, with branches ascending 10–15 cm or more from a prostrate rooting base; these stems are more or less ridged with irregularly winged ridges. The alternate leaves are round-ovate, 3.5–5.5 cm wide by 4–6 cm long, with an obtuse or somewhat acute apex and cordate base. They are palmately 7-nerved, with the nerves and midrib strongly branched upward and somewhat impressed above; beneath, they bear irregular membranous wings and are dark glandular-dotted, very rugose on both sides, deep dull green above when living and paler beneath, drying thin and translucent with subpellucid dots. The petiole reaches up to 5 cm long, longitudinally ridged with irregular membranous wings. The leaf-opposed spikes are 1 mm thick by 7–8 cm or more long, borne on filiform peduncles 2–3 cm long that are longitudinally striate with narrow, irregular, membranous wings. The bracts are round-peltate. The fruit is ovoid, glandular-verrucose, with a stout style and terminal stigma.[4]
Taxonomy and naming
It was described in 1950 by Truman G. Yuncker in The Piperaceae of northern South America 2, from specimens collected by Julian Alfred Steyermark.[5]
Subtaxa
Following subtaxa are accepted.[2][5]
- Peperomia tenella var. nana Yunck.
Distribution and habitat
It is endemic in Ecuador.[2] It grows on a epiphyte environment and is a herb.[1][4]
Conservation
This species is assessed as Threatened, in a preliminary report.[3]
References
- ^ a b "stilifera Yunck". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 12 March 2026.
- ^ a b c "Peperomia stilifera Yunck". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 12 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 Yuncker, Truman George. "The Piperaceae of northern South America 2: 484, f. 426. 1950". Piperac. N. South Amer. 2: 484.
- ^ a b "Peperomia stilifera Yunck". Tropicos. Retrieved 12 March 2026.
