Peperomia unduavina
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Piperales |
| Family: | Piperaceae |
| Genus: | Peperomia |
| Species: | P. unduavina
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| Binomial name | |
| Peperomia unduavina | |
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Peperomia suboppositifolia Yunck. | |
Peperomia unduavina is a species of plant from the genus Peperomia.[1] It was first described by Casimir de Candolle and published in the book "Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis 13: 306. 1914.".[2] It primarily grows on wet tropical biomes[1] It is named after Unduavi, the place where the species were discovered. [3]
Distribution[edit]
It is endemic to Bolivia and Brazil.[1][4] First specimens where found at an altitude of 3300 meters in Unduavi, Bolivia.[3]
Description[edit]
Dense hair on the stem and branches; opposite leaves short-petiolate, with rounded tips and ovate bases of the limbs; glabrous spikes subequal to subdensiflorous limbs; bracts peltate round in the centre pedicellate; anthers rounded equal to flagella; ovary emerging ovate scattered with glands a little below the obtuse tip bearing a glabrous orbicular fleshy stigma.[3]
2 mm thick callus in the dry subplanatus. Legs: whitish membranous, top limbs up to 2 cm long and 1.4 cm wide, minutely transparent-punctate when dry. 3 mm petiole and 7 mm long peduncle. Pale, 1 mm thick dry spikes with a 0.5 mm diameter pelt plate.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 13: 306 (1914)". powo.science.kew.org/. C.DC. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
- ^ "Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis 13: 306. 1914". legacy.tropicos.org. Candolle, Anne Casimir Pyramus de. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
- ^ a b c d "Repertorium specierum novarum regni vegetabilis". www.biodiversitylibrary.org/. Berlin, Selbstverlag des Herausgebers, 1910-1942. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
- ^ "C. DC. (1914). In: Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 13: 306". gbif.org. Catalogue of Life Checklist. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
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