Peperomia amplexicaulis A.Dietr.

Jackie's saddle (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Piperales > Piperaceae > Peperomia

Characteristics

Herbs , perennial, rhizomatous, erect, decumbent, or reclining, simple or sparsely branched, 10-60 cm, glabrous, without black, glandular dots. Leaves alternate; petiole absent or to ca. 3 mm, glabrous. Leaf blade prominently to obscurely pinnately veined, narrowly to broadly oblanceolate, 7-20 × 2-4.5 cm, lateral veins ascending, originating from base to near apex of blade, base decurrent, auriculate and ± clasping (amplexicaulous), apex acute or obtuse. Spikes mostly terminal, 1-3, densely flowered, 5-19 cm; peduncle glabrous, mature fruiting spikes 2-3 mm diam. Fruits sessile, ellipsoid, ca. 1.7 × 1 mm, minutely warty; beak elongate, 0.3-0.5 mm, tapering smoothly from broadened base to sharply acute apex, without filiform apical portion, straight, bent, or gradually hooked from about middle.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support epiphyte
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.1 - 0.6
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Usage

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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 15 - 30
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 23
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Distribution

Peperomia amplexicaulis world distribution map, present in Jamaica and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:677975-1
WFO ID wfo-0001093144
COL ID 76P8R
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Peperomia amplexicaulis Piper amplexicaule Peperomia amplexicaulis var. longifolia