Peperomia vitiana

Peperomia vitiana is a species of epiphytic subshrub from the genus Peperomia. It grows in wet tropical biomes. It was first described by Casimir de Candolle and published in the book "Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 16(1): 458. 1869".[1][2]

Peperomia vitiana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Magnoliids
Order: Piperales
Family: Piperaceae
Genus: Peperomia
Species:
P. vitiana
Binomial name
Peperomia vitiana
Synonyms

Peperomia pallida Seem.

Description

The lower leaves are alternate, they are long petiolate and opposite to the upper smaller ones. It is 5-veined, with a pubescent petiole, terminal axillary catkins, filiform dense leaves are slightly surpassing the maturity of sublaxi-pedunculated pubescent flowers, a rounded bract in the center, peltate with a very short petiolate. Limbs are 0.04 long, Petioles are 0.01 long, and Peduncles are 0.015 long.[3]

Distribution

Peperomia vitiana is native to Fiji and New Caledonia.[1][4]

References
  1. "A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16(1): 458 (1869)". powo.science.kew.org/. C.DC. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
  2. "Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 16(1): 458. 1869". legacy.tropicos.org. Candolle, Anne Casimir Pyramus de. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
  3. "Prodr". www.biodiversitylibrary.org/. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
  4. "C. DC. (1869). In: DC. Prod. 16: I. 458". gbif.org. Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World. Retrieved 25 February 2023.


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