Peperomia plicatifolia
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Piperales |
| Family: | Piperaceae |
| Genus: | Peperomia |
| Species: | P. plicatifolia |
| Binomial name | |
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Peperomia plicatifolia is a species of terrestrial or 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 Puerto Bermúdez, Peru at an altitude of 375 meters above sea level.[4]
Peperomia plicatifolia is a somewhat small, glabrous, stoloniferous-ascending herb with a slender stem. The alternate leaves are lanceolate to lanceolate-oblong, somewhat acute at both ends, measuring 15 mm long and 4–5 mm wide. They are pinnately nerved from the lower part, typically plicate, leathery, and yellowish. The petiole is very short. The terminal spikes are 30 mm long and 1 mm thick, with a peduncle 10 mm long. The berries are pear-shaped, curved, and stalked, with a subapical stigma.[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 & Albert Charles Smith.[5]
The epithet plicatifolia combines the Latin plicatus (folded) and folia (leaves), referring to the characteristic lengthwise folds or pleats in the leaves.[4]
Distribution and habitat
It is native to Peru.[2] It grows as a terrestrial or epiphytic herb.[1] It grows on wet tropical biomes.[1]
Conservation
This species has been assessed as threatened in a preliminary report.[3]
References
- 1 2 3 4 "Peperomia plicatifolia Trel". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 26 March 2026.
- 1 2 "Peperomia plicatifolia 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): 75. 1936". Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 13(2): 75.
- ↑ "Peperomia plicatifolia Trel". Tropicos. Retrieved 26 March 2026.
