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(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 QUADRANGULARIS (Thomps.) A. Dietr.
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PlaceOfPublication
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Sp. P1. 1:169. 1831.
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Synonym
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Piper quadrangulare Thomps. in Trans. Linn. Soc. 9:202, pI. 2I, f. I. 1808. Peperomia angulata H.B.K. Nov. Gen. & Sp. 1:66. 1815. Piper angulatum Poir. in Lam. Encycl. Meth. 4:Suppl. 468. 1816. Piper quadrangulum Willd. herb. fide Miq. Syst. Pip. 180. 1843. Peperomia angulata var. orbicans Dahlst. in Kgl. Sv. Vet.-Akad. Handl. 332:157. 1900. Peperomia Carlo-Wrightii Trel. in Fedde Rep. Sp. Nov. 23:23. 1926. Peperomia Alleni Trel. in Ann. Mo. Bot. Gard. 25:825. 1938. Peperomia saginans Trel. in Badillo in Cat. Fl. Venez. 1:246. 1945, nomen nudum.
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Description
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A comparatively small, repent herb, epiphytic or on rocks; stem quadrangular, 1-2 mm. thick, minutely hirtellous to glabrate; leaves opposite, or occasionally roots replacing one of the leaves, rarely ternate, elliptic, obovate, or orbicular, 10-22 mm. wide X 12-30 mm. long, apex obtuse or very slightly pointed, base acute to rounded, palmately 3-nerved, nerves impressed above and more or less salient beneath, drying coriaceous and subopaque, sparsely hirtellous or glabrate, more or less variegated when living; petiole 2-4 mm. long, hirtellous; spikes axillary or occasionally terminal, 2-3 cm. long; peduncles 2-4 cm. long, 2-bracteate near the middle, hirtellous; floral bracts round-peltate, glandular-dotted; fruit ovoid, stigma at the apex of a short, thick style.
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Habit
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herb
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Distribution
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West Indies, Panama, and northern South America.
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Specimen
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DARIEN: trail between Pinogana and Yavisa, alt. about 15 m., Allen 262.
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Note
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The specimen on which P. Alleni was based is rather fragmentary. It agrees in all respects, so far as can be determined, however, with those taken to represent this species from northern South America and Cuba.
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