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(Last Modified On 11/21/2012)
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(Last Modified On 11/21/2012)
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Species
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PEPEROMIA LEUCOSTICTA Trel.
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PlaceOfPublication
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Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 26:46. 1927.
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Synonym
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Peperomia appellator Trel. in Ann. Mo. Bot. Gard. 27:300. 1940. Peperomia simulatio Trel. loc. cit. 305. 1940.
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Description
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A rather small, repent-assurgent, glabrous, mountain herb; stem about 2 mm. thick, fertile branches ascending to 10-15 cm., internodes 1-2 cm. long; leaves alternate, subrhombically ovate or elliptic-obovate, apex abruptly acute, base acute, 1-2 cm. wide X 2-3.5 cm. long, palmately 3- or faintly 5-nerved, bristly-ciliolate toward the apex, glandular-dotted, drying subcoriaceous, translucent; petioles 5-10 mm. long, clasping-decurrent; spikes terminal and axillary, 2 mm. thick X 3-5 cm. long, rather closely flowered; peduncle about 1 cm. long; bracts round-peltate; fruit globose, about 0.8 mm. long, apex oblique, stigma subapical.
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Habit
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herb
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Distribution
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Panama.
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Specimen
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PANAMA: without location, Hayes 8Iir. CHIRIQUI: vicinity of Casita Alta, Volcan de Chiriqui, alt. 1500-2000 m., June 28-July 2, 1938, Woodson, Allen & Seibert 8i6, 895.
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Note
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This species very closely resembles P. psiloclada of Costa Rica.
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