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Peperomia unduavina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Magnoliids
Order:	Piperales
Family:	Piperaceae
Genus:	Peperomia
Species:	P. unduavina
Binomial name
Peperomia unduavina C.DC.
Synonyms
Peperomia suboppositifolia Yunck.

Peperomia unduavina is a species of plant from the genus Peperomia. It was first described by Casimir de Candolle and published in the book "Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis 13: 306. 1914.". It primarily grows on wet tropical biomes It is named after Unduavi, the place where the species were discovered.

Distribution

It is endemic to Bolivia and Brazil. First specimens where found at an altitude of 3300 meters in Unduavi, Bolivia.

• Bolivia
  • La Paz
    • Franz Tamayo
    • Bautista Saavedra
    • Nor Yungas
      • Unduavi
  • Cochabamba
    • Carrasco
  • Chuquisaca
    • Belisario Boeto
  • Santa Cruz
    • Manuel Maria Caballero
• Brazil
  • Minas Gerais
    • Espera Feliz
    • Teófilo Otoni
  • Espírito Santo
    • Itaguaçu

Description

Dense hair on the stem and branches; opposite leaves short-petiolate, with rounded tips and ovate bases of the limbs; glabrous spikes subequal to subdensiflorous limbs; bracts peltate round in the centre pedicellate; anthers rounded equal to flagella; ovary emerging ovate scattered with glands a little below the obtuse tip bearing a glabrous orbicular fleshy stigma.

2 mm thick callus in the dry subplanatus. Legs: whitish membranous, top limbs up to 2 cm long and 1.4 cm wide, minutely transparent-punctate when dry. 3 mm petiole and 7 mm long peduncle. Pale, 1 mm thick dry spikes with a 0.5 mm diameter pelt plate.

References

1. ^ "Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 13: 306 (1914)". powo.science.kew.org/. C.DC. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
2. "Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis 13: 306. 1914". legacy.tropicos.org. Candolle, Anne Casimir Pyramus de. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
3. ^ "Repertorium specierum novarum regni vegetabilis". www.biodiversitylibrary.org/. Berlin, Selbstverlag des Herausgebers, 1910-1942. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
4. "C. DC. (1914). In: Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 13: 306". gbif.org. Catalogue of Life Checklist. Retrieved 21 February 2024.

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