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Peperomia hernandiifolia (Vahl) A.Dietr.

West indian peperomia (en)

Species

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Characteristics

Epiphytic, terrestrial or epilithic herb, creeping. Stem to 0.4 cm thick when dried, retrorsely minutely crisp-pubescent, green and reddish. Leaves alternate, distinctly peltate; petiole attached 1-3 cm from base, 3-11(-16) cm long, minutely pubescent, glabrescent; blade coriaceous or subcoriaceous, narrowly ovate, ovate or almost orbicular, 4.5-8(-12) x 3-5.5(-8) cm, margin somewhat ciliate, apex acuminate, base rounded, minutely pubescent, glabrescent; veins 9-11 arising from base. Inflorescence terminal or axillary, solitary; peduncle not slender, 1.5-5.5 cm long, minutely pubescent, green; spike 3-5 cm long, densely flowered; floral bracts rounded, glabrous, glandular. Fruits basely attached, ellipsoid, reddish brown, apex with slender beak and stigma at base of beak.
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Epiphytic, terrestrial or epilithic herb, creeping. Stem to 0.4 cm thick when dried, retrorsely minutely crisp-pubescent, green and reddish. Leaves alternate, distinctly peltate; petiole attached 1-3 cm from base, 3-11(-16) cm long, minutely pubescent, glabrescent; blade coriaceous or subcoriaceous, narrowly ovate, ovate or almost orbicular, 4.5-8(-12) x 3-5.5(-8) cm, margin somewhat ciliate, apex acuminate, base rounded, minutely pubescent, glabrescent; veins 9-11 arising from base. Inflorescence terminal or axillary, solitary; peduncle not slender, 1.5-5.5 cm long, minutely pubescent, green; spike 3-5 cm long, densely flowered; floral bracts rounded, glabrous, glandular. Fruits basely attached, ellipsoid, reddish brown, apex with slender beak and stigma at base of beak.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support epiphyte
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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

Peperomia hernandiifolia world distribution map, present in Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Grenada, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Mexico, Martinique, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Sudan, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:678777-1
WFO ID wfo-0000478454
COL ID 6V2WZ
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 630357
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Synonyms

Peperomia hernandiifolia Piper hernandiifolium Peperomia ciliifera Peperomia conserta Peperomia ponthieui Peperomia ciliifera var. filipes Peperomia hernandiifolia var. filipes Peperomia hernandiifolia var. ciliifera Peperomia choroniana var. puberulenta Peperomia hernandiifolia var. cryptocarpa Peperomia hernandiifolia var. calva
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