Peperomia vueltasana explained

Peperomia vueltasana is a herb and epiphyte species of Peperomia plant native to Nicaragua to Panama. It primarily grows in wet tropical biomes.[1] [2]

Etymology

vueltasana came from Las Vueltas, in Tucurrique district, Costa Rica.

Description

It is a moderately small, assurgent, glabrous herb. It has a stem (rather slender) of 2 mm rooting from the lower nodes. Leaves are alternate, lanceolate, or oblanceolate that are acute at both ends or somewhat mucronate, the lower end was reduced and bluntly obovate. Some specimens can be found in the Caribbean slope of Costa Rica.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 26: 198 (1929) . powo.science.kew.org/. William Trelease . 4 February 2023.
  2. Web site: Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 26(4): 198. 1929. (31 Dec 1929). legacy.tropicos.org. Trelease, William. 4 February 2023.
  3. Web site: Contributions from the United States National Herbarium . www.biodiversitylibrary.org/. Washington, D.C, Smithsonian Institution Press, 1890-. 4 February 2023.