Tropicos | Name - Peperomia portobellensis Beurl.

Peperomia portobellensis Beurl.

Flora Data (Last Modified On 11/21/2012)

Species	PEPEROMIA PORTOBELLENSIS Beurl.
PlaceOfPublication	Sv. Vet.-Akad. Handl. 1854:147. 1856.
Description	A glabrous, subsimple herb, rooting from the nodes; leaves alternate, oblong, apex acuminatc, base obtusish, 1-2.5 cm. wide X 5-7.5 cm. long, obscurely 5- nerved; petiole very short; spikes opposite the leaves, pendent, subulate-filiform, 10 cm. long; fruit oblong, granular, apex obliquely scutelliform, stigma central on the scutellum.
Habit	herb
Distribution	Porto Bello, Colon.
Specimen	COLON: Porto Bello, Bilberg.
Note	This species, the type of which has not been examined, appears to be very closely related to P. caudulilimba. As described, it appears to differ in its glabrous plants and 5-nerved leaves. However, some leaves of P. caudulilimba may be 5- nerved with an obscure outer pair of lateral nerves, and the stems and leaves are sometimes nearly glabrous. It is possible that further study may show that this and P. caudulilimba are different forms of the same species.