Peperomia uncatispica | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Magnoliids |
Order: | Piperales |
Family: | Piperaceae |
Genus: | Peperomia |
Species: | P. uncatispica
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Binomial name | |
Peperomia uncatispica |
Peperomia uncatispica is a species of plant from the genus Peperomia.[1] It was first described by William Trelease and published in the book "Publications of the Field Museum of Natural History, Botanical Series 13(2): 102. 1936.".[2] It primarily grows on wet tropical biomes.[1]
It is endemic to Peru and Ecuador.[1][3] First specimens were found at an altitude of 1400–1700 in Junín.[4]
It is a huge, glabrous herb with euneate, 14–16 cm (5.5–6.3 in) bases, alternating leaves that are oblanceolate and increasingly pointy, and a short, thick stem with short internodes. Slender, 70 mm (2.8 in) long, 5 mm (0.20 in) long peduncle; round-peltate plates; spikes distributed in a single panicle terminating a lateral branch at the nodes of a solitary panicle; broad pinnatinervia everywhere, 4–6 cm (1.6–2.4 in) long, petiole 2 cm (0.79 in) long.[4]