(Last Modified On 11/20/2012)
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(Last Modified On 11/20/2012)
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Species
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PEPEROMIA PELLUCIDA (L.) H.B.K.
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PlaceOfPublication
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Nov. Gen. & Sp. 1:64. 1815.
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Synonym
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Piper pellucidum L. Sp. P1. 30. 1753. Piper concinnum Haw. Rev. P1. Succ. 198. 1821. Peperomia concinna A. Dietr. Sp. P1. 1:164. 1831. Micropiper pellucidum Miq. Comm. Phyt. 54. 1840. Peperomia pellucida var. pygmaea Willd. Herb. ex Miq. Syst. Pip. 81. 1843. Peperomia pellucida var. minor Miq. in Mart. Fl. Bras. 41:10. 1852.
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Description
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A rather delicate, erect, glabrous, pellucid, branched herb; stem up to 5 mm. thick near the base and 50 cm. tall; leaves alternate, round-deltoid-ovate, mostly 15-25 mm. wide, apex somewhat attenuate, acute, base subtruncate-cordate, palm- ately 5-nerved, drying very thin, semi-transparent; petiole mostly 1-2 cm. long, clasping-decurrent; spikes terminal, axillary, or leaf-opposed, slender, 2-5 cm. long, very loosely flowered; peduncle about 5 mm. long; bracts round-peltate; fruit about 0.8 mm. long, ellipsoidal, longitudinally more or less sulcately striate; apex pointed, stigma apical.
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Habit
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herb
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Distribution
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A common weedy species occurring throughout the West Indies and tropical North and South America. It is also found in the Old World tropics and Pacific Islands.
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Specimen
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PANAMA: without locality, Bro. Heriberto 78. BOCAS DEL TORO: vicinity of Nievecita, alt. 0-50 m., W/oodson, Allen g Seibert i866; vicinity of Chiriqui Lagoon, von Wedel I256; lower Changuinola River, Stork I. CANAL ZONE: Balboa, Standley 25827, 27159; Foster s. n.; Gatu'n, Cowell 292; Summit, Stevens 325; Standley 26905; Ancon, alt. 2080 m., Pittier 3962; Ancdn Hill, Stevens 794. COLON: Chagres, Fendler 302; vicinity of Porto Bello, alt. 5-10 m., Pittier 2469. PANAMA: Chepo, alt. 60 m., Pittier 4450; Las Sabanas, Standley 25950; Taboga Island, Standley 27063, 2788i; Perlas Archipelago, San Jose Island, Johnston 126, i78. SAN BLAS: vicinity of Puerto Obaldia, alt. 0-50 m., Pittier 4370.
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Note
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This species, together with the East Indian P. exigua, constituted the subgenus OGMOCARPIDIUM of Dahlstedt.
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