| Author: |
Guido Mathieu, 2011 | |
Family: |
PEPEROMIACEAE* |
| Origin: |
Central + South-Western Mexico |
| Soil: |
Rich |
| Water: |
Medium - Maximum |
| Sun: |
Minimum - Medium |
| Thickness: |
0,8 Centimetres |
| Height: |
2-5 Centimetres |
| Flower: |
Greenish |
| Propagate: |
Seeds |
| Names: |
- |
| Synonyms: |
- |
This member of the Peperomiaceae*
family
was given this name by Guido Mathieu in 2011. It is found in central and
south-western Mexico, growing in a rich soil with quite some water and
little or no sun. The caudex can grow to 0,8 centimetres in diameter
and 1,5 centimetres high, the entire plant
from two to five centimetres in height. The flowers are greenish.
The genera name means
'pepper-like', not as to appearance but as to kinship. The species
name refers to the position of the roots at the base of the tuber,
which is atypical among the Mexican geophytic Peperomia
species, in which the roots generally originate at the apex of the
tuber.
')Accordantly to the latest taxonomic system; APG IV 2016 is
Peperomiaceae
now part of
the Piperaceae. |
