Peperomia transparens Miq.

Species

Angiosperms > Piperales > Piperaceae > Peperomia

Characteristics

Epilithic, erect or ascending, glabrous herb, rhizome sometimes tuberous. Stem 10-20 cm long, green or red. Leaves alternate, peltate; petiole attached 0.2-1 cm from base, 1.5-6 cm long; blade fleshy, somewhat bullate in vivo, membranous, almost translucent when dried, ovate with acutish apex or broadly ovate to almost orbicular, 2-7(-12) x 1.5-6.5 cm, apex rounded or somewhat acute, base rounded to cordulate; palmately 5-7-veined (veins sometimes purple). Inflorescence terminal, solitary or few together; peduncle slender, 1-4(-15) cm long, red; spike loosely flowered, erect, 2.5-5 cm long, white or green; floral bracts rounded, glabrous, glandular. Fruits basely attached, globose to ovoid, brown, verruculose, apex with slender beak and terminal stigma.
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Epilithic, erect or ascending, glabrous herb, rhizome sometimes tuberous. Stem 10-20 cm long, green or red. Leaves alternate, peltate; petiole attached 0.2-1 cm from base, 1.5-6 cm long; blade fleshy, somewhat bullate in vivo, membranous, almost translucent when dried, ovate with acutish apex or broadly ovate to almost orbicular, 2-7(-12) x 1.5-6.5 cm, apex rounded or somewhat acute, base rounded to cordulate; palmately 5-7-veined (veins sometimes purple). Inflorescence terminal, solitary or few together; peduncle slender, 1-4(-15) cm long, red; spike loosely flowered, erect, 2.5-5 cm long, white or green; floral bracts rounded, glabrous, glandular. Fruits basely attached, globose to ovoid, brown, verruculose, apex with slender beak and terminal stigma.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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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 transparens world distribution map, present in Brazil, French Guiana, and Suriname

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:680059-1
WFO ID wfo-0001091985
COL ID 6V2DV
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 734563
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Synonyms

Peperomia transparens Peperomia transparens var. transparens