Peperomia ficta
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Piperales |
| Family: | Piperaceae |
| Genus: | Peperomia |
| Species: | P. ficta |
| Binomial name | |
| Peperomia ficta | |
Peperomia ficta is a species of epiphyte in the genus Peperomia that is endemic in Peru.[1][2] It grows on wet tropical biomes.[1] Its conservation status is Threatened.[3]
Description
The type specimen were collected near La Merced, Peru, at an altitude of 800–1,300 meters (2,600–4,300 ft).[4]
Peperomia ficta is a robust, cespitose-creeping, succulent, epiphytic herb. The stem is 2–4 mm thick, glabrous, and sulcate when dry. The leaves are typically in whorls of 3. They are round-elliptic to somewhat ovate or somewhat obovate, bluntly subacuminate, with an acute base, measuring 3–4 cm long and 2–3 cm wide. They are about 5-nerved, glabrous, and when dry are hard, revolute, and opaque. The petiole is 5 mm long and brown-puberulous. The terminal spikes, when young, are 30 mm long and 2 mm thick, borne on a 15 mm peduncle.[4]
Taxonomy and naming
It was described in 1936 by William Trelease in Publications of the Field Museum of Natural History, Botanical Series 13, from specimens collected by Ellsworth Paine Killip and Dorothea Eliza Smith.[5] It got its epithet from the Latin wikt:ficta, referring to the species that resembles or could be mistaken for another.[4]
Distribution and habitat
It is endemic in Peru.[2] It grows on a epiphyte environment and is a herb.[1][4] It grows on wet tropical biomes.[1]
Conservation
This species is assessed as Threatened, in a preliminary report.[3]
References
- 1 2 3 4 "Peperomia ficta Trel". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 14 March 2026.
- 1 2 "Peperomia ficta Trel". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 14 March 2026.
- 1 2 Bachman, Steven P.; Brown, Matilda J. M.; Leão, Tarciso C. C.; Lughadha, Eimear Nic; Walker, Barnaby E. (2024). "Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation". New Phytologist. 242 (2): 797–808. doi:10.1111/nph.19592. PMID 38437880.
- 1 2 3 4 Trelease, William. "Publications of the Field Museum of Natural History, Botanical Series 13(357): 44. 1936". Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 13(357): 44.
- ↑ "Peperomia ficta Trel". Tropicos. Retrieved 14 March 2026.
