Tropicos | Name - Peperomia pascuicola C. DC.

Peperomia pascuicola C. DC.

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

Species	PEPEROMIIA PASCUICOLA C.DC.
PlaceOfPublication	Candollea 1:352. 1923.
Synonym	Peperonia novae-helvetiae Trel. in Ann. Mo. Bot. Gard. 27:304. 1940. Peperoinia rivi-vetusi Trel. loc. cit. 1940.
Description	A medium-sized, assurgent, glabrous herb; stem 3-4 mm. thick when dry, ascending to 20 cm., internodes mostly 1-3 cm. long; leaves alternate, broadly lance-elliptic or subobovate, 2-3.5 cm. wide X 4-8 cm. long, apex rather abruptly acuminate, or occasional leaves obtuse, base acute, palmately 5-nerved, rather densely venulose by transmitted light, the nervules anastomosing, apex somewhat bristly-hairy, drying thin, translucent; petiole mostly about 1 cm. long, clasping- decurrent; spikes axillary and terminal, 2 mm. thick X 6-9 cm. long, rather closely flowered; peduncle about as long as the petiole; bracts round-peltate; fruit about 0.8 mm. long, subglobose or somewhat flattened laterally, at first subimmersed, eventually exserted on pseudopedicels, apex obliquely short-rostellate, stigma subapical.
Habit	herb
Distribution	Southwestern Panama.
Specimen	CHIRIQUI: valley of the upper Rio Chiriqui Viejo, vicinity of Monte Lirio, alt. 1300- 1900 m., Seibert I36; vicinity of "New Switzerland," central valley of Rio Chiriqui Viejo, alt. 1800-2000 m., Allen I360, I4I7; El Boquete, alt. 1400-1650 m., KilliP 3547; alt. 1000-1300 m., Pittier 29I3.