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Peperomia arborigaudens

Peperomia arborigaudens is a species of epiphyte in the genus Peperomia that is endemic in Peru. It grows on wet tropical biomes. Its conservation status is Threatened.

Description

The type specimen were collected near Yapas, Peru at an altitude of 1350-1600 meters.

Peperomia arborigaudens is a creeping, pendent epiphyte with slender, elongated stems covered in short, soft hairs. The leaves are alternate, ovate, and acuminate, with a very short and obscure peltate attachment. The leaf base is rounded to nearly truncate, and each blade measures 4 to 5.5 cm in length and 3 to 4 cm in width, with five to seven nerves. Young leaves are tomentulose on the underside, becoming sparsely pilose and glandular-granulose with age. When dried, the leaves are thin and take on a more or less rosy hue. The petioles are 3 to 5 mm long and loosely villous. The flower spikes are terminal and slender, reaching 90 mm in length, borne on a filiform, somewhat villous peduncle 2 cm long. The floral bracts are minute, rounded, and peltate.

Taxonomy and naming

It was described in 1936 by Truman G. Yuncker in ', from specimens collected by Ellsworth Paine Killip & Dorothea Eliza Smith. It got its name from the description of the type specimen.

Distribution and habitat

It is endemic in Peru. It grows on a epiphyte environment and is a herb. It grows on wet tropical biomes.

Conservation

This species is assessed as Threatened, in a preliminary report.

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