Peperomia unduavina | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
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 | |
Synonyms | |
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]
It is endemic to Bolivia and Brazil.[1][4] First specimens where found at an altitude of 3300 meters in Unduavi, Bolivia.[3]
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]