Peperomia tequendamana
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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. tequendamana
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Peperomia tequendamana is a species of hemiepiphytic subshrub in the genus Peperomia.[1][2] It was first described by William Trelease and published in the book "Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 16(1): 207. 1926".[3] It primarily grows on montane tropical areas.[1] The species name came from Tequendama Falls, where specimens of this species were first collected.[3]
Description[edit]
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It is a moderately small, ascending herb with more or less branches; stem moderate (2–3 mm) with short internodes, rusty crisp-villous; leaves alternate (exceptionally opposite), broadly elliptic or ovate-elliptic, obtuse at both ends or abruptly blunt-acuminate, moderate (1.5 x 2.2 x 4 cm), 5-nerved, appreassed–hairy on both faces, grandular beneath; petiole very short (2 mm.), hairy; spkies terminal and axillary, 2 x 60 mm. somewhat loosely subverticiliately flowered; peduncle approximately 10 mm. long, from sparsely crisp–pubescent glabrescent; bracts round-peltate; ovary impressed, ovoid, obtuse; stigma subspical.[4]
Distribution[edit]
It is endemic to Central America and South America.[1][2]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "Peperomia tequendamana Trel". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
- ^ a b "Peperomia tequendamana Trel". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
- ^ a b "Peperomia tequendamana Trel". Tropicos. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
- ^ "Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences". www.biodiversitylibrary.org/. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
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