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Peperomia lancifolia (Peperomia lancifolia)

Description

Terrestrial,epilithic or epiphytic herb,erect or ascending and rooting at decumbent base.Stem glabrous,10-34 cm long,green or reddish.Leaves basely attached,alternate;petiole 0.5-1 cm long,glabrous,narrowly winged;blade fleshy and membranous,narrowly elliptic or narrowly oblanceolate,(3.5-)7-17 x (0.7-)1-3 cm,somewhat ciliate towards apex,apex acuminate,base acute,decurrent into petiole,glabrous;pinnately 7-11-veined.Inflorescence terminal or in upper leaf axils,solitary,bifurcate or once-branched;common peduncle green,not slender,2-6 cm long,lateral branches 0.5-1.3 cm long,with linear-(ob)lanceolate,cadoucous bracts;spike densely flowered,erect,4-11 cm long,whitish or yellowish green;floral bracts rounded,glabrous,glandular.Fruits basely attached,narrowly cylindrical,brown,apex with short beak and subapical stigma.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum:

        • Class: Magnoliopsida

          • Order: Piperales

            • Family: Piperaceae

              • Genus: Peperomia