Peperomia maransara
| Peperomia maransara | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Piperales |
| Family: | Piperaceae |
| Genus: | Peperomia |
| Species: | P. maransara |
| Binomial name | |
| Peperomia maransara | |
Peperomia maransara 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 Maras, Peru at an altitude of 1800 meters above sea level.[4]
Peperomia maransara is a procumbent herb with slender stems 1–2 mm thick, bearing an obscure, appressed puberulence. The leaves are acuminate, with a rounded to somewhat truncate-cordulate base, moderately small, measuring 2.5–5 cm long and 2–3.5 cm wide. When dry, they are green and firm, with ciliate margins. They are 5-nerved and have depressed pubescence on the upper surface along the nerves when young. The glabrous petiole is 2–5 cm long. The spikes terminate puberulous branchlets 3–4 cm long, which bear a single bract near the middle. The spikes are 30 mm long and 2 mm thick, densely flowered. The brownish berries are oblong, with a setaceous beak nearly as long as the berry itself, and the stigma is anterior at the base of the beak.[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 Orator Fuller Cook & Grover Bruce Gilbert.[5]
The epithet is derived from the type locality.[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 maransara Trel". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 26 March 2026.
- 1 2 "Peperomia maransara 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): 63. 1936". Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 13(2): 63.
- ↑ "Peperomia maransara Trel". Tropicos. Retrieved 26 March 2026.
