Peperomia valliculae
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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. valliculae
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Peperomia valliculae is a species of epiphyte and herb from the genus 'Peperomia'. Peperomia valliculae can mostly be found in Central America.[1] It primarily grows in wet tropical biomes.[2][3][4]
Etymology
[edit]In Latin, Vallicula means valley.[5] This refers to the type locality, Cerro Valle Chiquito, Panama.
Distribution
[edit]Peperomia valliculae can be found in Panama, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Mexico. Specimens can be found at an altitude of 700–1100 meters.[1][6]
Description
[edit]Its a rather large, assurgent herb; with stems 3-5 millimeters thick below, when dry, it ascends to 30 cm. leaves alternate or sometimes 2 or 3 at a node. The leaves that alternate are diamond-shaped and wide near the tip, has a blunt growing point, slightly indented, and have a triangular leaf base, which is 1–2 cm. It is glabrous; round bract stem, having dotted teeth with glands; fruit ovoid, about 0.5 millimeters. long, rather obscurely palmately 3-nerved, are glabrous on both side, cilio-late toward the apex, dark-glandular-dotted, it has a drying firm and it is opaque, Its petioles are 5-10 millimeters long, grooved above. Spikes that are terminal and axillary are 1 millimeter thick and 10-18 centimeters long. Its peduncles are 1-2 centimeters long.[4][3][7]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Trel. (1937). In: Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard., 24: 186". gbif.org. Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
- ^ "PAnn. Missouri Bot. Gard. 24: 186 (1937)". powo.science.kew.org/. Trel. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
- ^ a b "Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 24(2): 186. 1937. (Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard.)". legacy.tropicos.org. Trelease, William. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
- ^ a b "Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 24: 186 (1937)". wfoplantlist.org. World Flora Online Consortium. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
- ^ "Vallecula". en.wiktionary.org. Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879). Retrieved 6 February 2023.
- ^ "Peperomia valliculae". panamabiota.org. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
- ^ "Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden". www.biodiversitylibrary.org/. Missouri Botanical Garden. Henry Shaw School of Botany. Graduate Laboratory. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
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