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Peperomia lancifolia Hook.

Species

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Characteristics

Terrestrial, epilithic or epiphytic herb, erect or ascending and rooting at decumbent base. Stem glabrous, 10-34 cm long, green or reddish. Leaves basely attached, alternate; petiole 0.5-1 cm long, glabrous, narrowly winged; blade fleshy and membranous, narrowly elliptic or narrowly oblanceolate, (3.5-)7-17 x (0.7-)1-3 cm, somewhat ciliate towards apex, apex acuminate, base acute, decurrent into petiole, glabrous; pinnately 7-11-veined. Inflorescence terminal or in upper leaf axils, solitary, bifurcate or once-branched; common peduncle green, not slender, 2-6 cm long, lateral branches 0.5-1.3 cm long, with linear-(ob)lanceolate, cadoucous bracts; spike densely flowered, erect, 4-11 cm long, whitish or yellowish green; floral bracts rounded, glabrous, glandular. Fruits basely attached, narrowly cylindrical, brown, apex with short beak and subapical stigma.
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Terrestrial, epilithic or epiphytic herb, erect or ascending and rooting at decumbent base. Stem glabrous, 10-34 cm long, green or reddish. Leaves basely attached, alternate; petiole 0.5-1 cm long, glabrous, narrowly winged; blade fleshy and membranous, narrowly elliptic or narrowly oblanceolate, (3.5-)7-17 x (0.7-)1-3 cm, somewhat ciliate towards apex, apex acuminate, base acute, decurrent into petiole, glabrous; pinnately 7-11-veined. Inflorescence terminal or in upper leaf axils, solitary, bifurcate or once-branched; common peduncle green, not slender, 2-6 cm long, lateral branches 0.5-1.3 cm long, with linear-(ob)lanceolate, cadoucous bracts; spike densely flowered, erect, 4-11 cm long, whitish or yellowish green; floral bracts rounded, glabrous, glandular. Fruits basely attached, narrowly cylindrical, brown, apex with short beak and subapical stigma.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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 lancifolia world distribution map, present in Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, El Salvador, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:678934-1
WFO ID wfo-0000477550
COL ID 76QW9
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Synonyms

Peperomia calvifolia f. abrupta Peperomia macrophylla Peperomia miradoresiana Peperomia lancilimba Peperomia lancifolia Peperomia erasmia Piper miradorense Erasmia floribunda Piper patulum Peperomia acutifolia Peperomia distichophylla Peperomia erasmiaeformis Peperomia floribunda Peperomia floribunda var. macrophylla Peperomia lancifolia subsp. lancifolia Peperomia lancifolia var. grandifolia Peperomia lancifolia subsp. erasmiaeformis
WorldFloraDB 2024