Peperomia versicolor

Peperomia versicolor
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Magnoliids
Order:	Piperales
Family:	Piperaceae
Genus:	Peperomia
Species:	P. versicolor
Binomial name
	Peperomia versicolor; Trel.
Synonyms
	Peperomia niveopunctulata Trel. Peperomia pilulifera Trel.

Peperomia versicolor is a species of epiphyte or lithophyte from the genus Peperomia. It grows in wet tropical biomes. It was discovered by William Trelease and published the species in the book "Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 26(4): 200. 1929".^[1] First-ever specimens were founded in Costa Rica and 1926. ^[2] versicolor means particolored or changes its color.

Distribution

Peperomia versicolor is native from Nicaragua to Ecuador. Specimens can be collected at an elevation of 780 - 2000 meters.^[1]^[3]

Costa Rica

Colombia
- Antioquia
  - Sopetrán
  - Jardín
  - Frontino
  - Urrao
  - Envigado
  - Campamento
  - Amalfi
- Valle del Cauca
  - Yotoco
  - Restrepo
- Santander
  - Encino
- Nariño
  - Barbacoas
    - Altaquer
- Risaralda
  - Pereira
- Meta
  - La Macarena

Panama
- Coclé
- Chiriquí

Ecuador

Nicaragua

Belize
- Toledo

Peperomia niveo-punctulata

Costa Rica
- Limón

Peperomia pilulifera

Costa Rica
- Limón

Description

It is a small stoloniferous-erect glabrous epiphytic herb. Its stem is 2 millimeters thick with short internodes. Leaves alternate, they are lance-shaped and acute at both ends. It is 5-nerved, thin-leathered, opaque, and purple-red beneath. Its petioles are 3 millimeters long. It has terminal spikes and axillary and a peduncle that is 5 millimeters long, leaves are round-peltate.^[4]

Subtaxa

The following are recognized as synonyms.^[1]^[3]

Peperomia niveopunctulata Trel.
Peperomia pilulifera Trel.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 26: 200 (1929)". powo.science.kew.org/. Trel. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
^ "Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 26(4): 200. 1929. (31 Dec 1929) (Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb.)". legacy.tropicos.org. Trelease, William. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Trel. (1929). In: Contrib. U. S. Nat. Herb. 26: 200". gbif.org. Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
^ "Contributions from the United States National Herbarium". www.biodiversitylibrary.org/. Washington, D.C, Smithsonian Institution Press. Retrieved 24 February 2023.

This Piperales-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

[kew01-1] "Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 26: 200 (1929)". powo.science.kew.org/. Trel. Retrieved 23 February 2023.

[Tropicos-2] "Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 26(4): 200. 1929. (31 Dec 1929) (Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb.)". legacy.tropicos.org. Trelease, William. Retrieved 23 February 2023.

[GBIF-3] "Trel. (1929). In: Contrib. U. S. Nat. Herb. 26: 200". gbif.org. Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World. Retrieved 23 February 2023.

[BHL-4] "Contributions from the United States National Herbarium". www.biodiversitylibrary.org/. Washington, D.C, Smithsonian Institution Press. Retrieved 24 February 2023.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]