Peperomia famelica
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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. famelica
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| Peperomia famelica | |
Peperomia famelica is a species of flowering plant in the genus Peperomia.[1][2] It was first described by William Trelease and published in the book "Publications of the Field Museum of Natural History, Botanical Series 13(2): 45. 1936".[3] It primarily grows on wet tropical areas.[1]
Description
[edit]It is an impoverished terrestrial herb that is somewhat grassy, with a somewhat curly-pubescent stem and alternating subovate-elliptic and subacute leaves on both sides. 2.5–5 centimetres long, 1.5–2.5 centimetres wide, 5-veined in vivo; round-peltate plates, thin spikes 60 millimetres long laden with small pseudopedicels, white veins, pink beneath; petiole 5 millimetres long.[4]
Distribution
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Peperomia famelica Trel". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
- ^ a b "Peperomia famelica Trel". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
- ^ "Peperomia famelica Trel". Tropicos. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
- ^ "Chicago, U.S.A, Field Museum of Natural History, [1936]". www.biodiversitylibrary.org/. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
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