Photo by Daniel Montesinos,
Inaturalist.nz.
Photo by G. A. Parada, Tropicos.org.
A wild plant by Frogbo, Inaturalist.nz.
And another wild plant from another
envioment by Mariana Da Silva, Inaturalist.nz..
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| Author: |
Gustav Adolf Hugo Dahlstedt,
1900 | |
Family: |
PEPEROMIACEAE* |
| Origin: |
North-Western Argentina,
Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela |
| Soil: |
Rich |
| Water: |
Medium - Maximum |
| Sun: |
Medium |
| Thickness: |
2-3 Centimetres |
| Height: |
5 Centimetres |
| Flower: |
Greenish |
| Propagate: |
Seeds |
| Names: |
- |
| Synonyms: |
Tildenia peruviana, Miq. =
Peperomia umbilicata Ruiz & Pav. =
Peperomia gaudichaudii, A.W.Hill
Peperomia hillii, Trel.
Piper globosum, Poir.
Peperomia falsa, A.W.Hill. |
This member of the Peperomiaceae
family
was given this name by Gustav Adolf Hugo Dahlstedt in 1900. It is found in
north-western Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela, growing in a
rich soil with quite some water and not that much sun. The caudex can grow to
two or three centimetres in diameter, the entire plant
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 as it was first found in Peru.
')Accordantly to the latest taxonomic system; APG IV 2016 is
Peperomiaceae
now part of
the Piperaceae. |
