Peperomia versicolor explained

Peperomia versicolor is a species of epiphyte or lithophyte from the genus Peperomia. It grows in wet tropical biomes. It was discovered by William Trelease and published the species in the book "Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 26(4): 200. 1929".^[1] First-ever specimens were founded in Costa Rica and 1926. ^[2] versicolor means particolored or changes its color.

Distribution

Peperomia versicolor is native from Nicaragua to Ecuador. Specimens can be collected at an elevation of 780 - 2000 meters.^{[3] [4]}

• Costa Rica
  • Cartago
    • Reventazón River
  • Alajuela
    • San Carlos
      • Fortuna
    • San Ramón
      • Angeles
    • Upala
      • Aguas Claras
  • Limón
    • Siquirres
      • Florida
  • Puntarenas
    • Golfito
      • Jiménez
  • San José
    • Pérez Zeledón
      • Rivas
• Colombia
  • Antioquia
    • Sopetrán
    • Jardín
    • Frontino
    • Urrao
    • Envigado
    • Campamento
    • Amalfi
  • Valle del Cauca
    • Yotoco
    • Restrepo
  • Santander
    • Encino
  • Nariño
    • Barbacoas
      • Altaquer
  • Risaralda
    • Pereira
  • Meta
    • La Macarena
• Panama
  • Coclé
  • Chiriquí
• Ecuador
  • Manabi
    • Flavio Alfaro
  • Zamora-Chinchipe
  • Napo
  • Carchi
  • Pichincha
• Nicaragua
  • Granada
  • Estelí
  • Jinotega
    • Bocay
  • Río San Juan
  • Matagalpa
  • Atlántico Norte
• Belize
  • Toledo

Peperomia niveo-punctulata

• Costa Rica
  • Limón

Peperomia pilulifera

• Costa Rica
  • Limón

Description

It is a small stoloniferous-erect glabrous epiphytic herb. Its stem is 2 millimeters thick with short internodes. Leaves alternate, they are lance-shaped and acute at both ends. It is 5-nerved, thin-leathered, opaque, and purple-red beneath. Its petioles are 3 millimeters long. It has terminal spikes and axillary and a peduncle that is 5 millimeters long, leaves are round-peltate.^[5]

Subtaxa

The following are recognized as synonyms.^{[6] [7]}

• Peperomia niveopunctulata
• Peperomia pilulifera

Notes and References

1. Web site: Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 26: 200 (1929). powo.science.kew.org/. Trel. . 23 February 2023.
2. Web site: Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 26(4): 200. 1929. (31 Dec 1929) (Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb.). legacy.tropicos.org. Trelease, William . 23 February 2023.
3. Web site: Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 26: 200 (1929). powo.science.kew.org/. Trel. . 23 February 2023.
4. Web site: Trel. (1929). In: Contrib. U. S. Nat. Herb. 26: 200.. gbif.org. Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World . 23 February 2023.
5. Web site: Contributions from the United States National Herbarium. www.biodiversitylibrary.org/. Washington, D.C, Smithsonian Institution Press. 24 February 2023.
6. Web site: Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 26: 200 (1929). powo.science.kew.org/. Trel. . 23 February 2023.
7. Web site: Trel. (1929). In: Contrib. U. S. Nat. Herb. 26: 200.. gbif.org. Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World . 23 February 2023.