Peperomia huanucoana
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Piperales |
| Family: | Piperaceae |
| Genus: | Peperomia |
| Species: | P. huanucoana |
| Binomial name | |
| Peperomia huanucoana | |
Peperomia huanucoana is a species of epiphytic herb in the genus Peperomia that is native to Peru.[1][2] It grows on wet tropical biomes.[1] Its conservation status is Threatened.[3]
Description
The type specimen were collected at Huánuco, Peru.[4]
Peperomia huanucoana is a moderately small, ascending, branching herb with a slender stem 1–2 mm thick, densely covered in papillose-puberulous hairs. The leaves are typically in whorls of 3–4 at the nodes, spreading or reflexed. They are ovate-elliptic to oblong-elliptic, obtuse at both ends, and sessile or nearly so. They are small, 10–20 mm long and 5–6 mm wide, papillose-puberulous on both surfaces, rather thin, and narrowly 3-nerved with a more or less branched midrib. The spikes are terminal and axillary, 40 mm long and 1 mm thick, with loosely arranged flowers, and are borne on a scarcely 10 mm long, papillose-puberulous peduncle. The ovary is ovoid and impressed, with a subapical stigma. On stolons, the foliage is very different: leaves overlapping, round-elliptic, thick, revolute, and scarcely more than 5 mm long and 4 mm wide.[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 James Francis Macbride.[5] The epithet is derived from the type locality, Huánuco in Peru, where this species was first collected.[4]
Distribution and habitat
It is native to Peru.[2] It grows as an epiphytic herb.[1] 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 huanucoana Trel". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 26 March 2026.
- 1 2 "Peperomia huanucoana Trel". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 26 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 Trelease, William. "Publications of the Field Museum of Natural History, Botanical Series 13(2): 57. 1936". Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 13(2): 57.
- ↑ "Peperomia huanucoana Trel". Tropicos. Retrieved 26 March 2026.
