Peperomia tenella

Peperomia tenella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Magnoliids
Order: Piperales
Family: Piperaceae
Genus: Peperomia
Species:
P. tenella
Binomial name
Peperomia tenella
Synonyms
  • Acrocarpidium tenellum (Sw.) Miq.
  • Peperomia palcipila var. longispica C.DC.
  • Piper tenellum Sw.

Peperomia tenella, known as the Jayuya, is a species of perennial, lithophyte or epiphyte in the genus Peperomia.[1][2] It was first described by Olof Swartz but named it Piper tenellum.[3] Albert Gottfried Dietrich then changed the species into Peperomia and published in the book "Species Plantarum. editio sexta 1: 153. 1831".[4] It primarily grows on wet tropical biomes.[1] The species name came from the Latin word wikt:tenellus, which means tender.

Description

It has a straightforward decumbent stem with an ascending spike and two oval, ciliated leaves.[3]

There are three to four uncial stems that are hairy, hardly striate, smooth, rarely split, and minutely reddish-dotted. The stems are little, quickly petiolate, attenuate, obtuse, vigorous, sub-succulent, glabrous, pale below leaves. Filiform spike terminal. Scales severed at the sprout's side. No style. Stigma villous. A pedicel that is three times longer than the shoot, this pedicellate berry is about the size of a tiny needle head.[3]

Subtaxa

Following subtaxa are accepted.[1][2]

  • Peperomia tenella subsp. glabra C.DC.
  • Peperomia tenella var. deltoides Trel.
  • Peperomia tenella var. epiphytica Trel.
  • Peperomia tenella var. glabra C.DC.

Distribution

It is endemic to Caribbean, Central America, and South America.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Peperomia tenella (Sw.) A.Dietr". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
  2. ^ a b c "Peperomia tenella (Sw.) A.Dietr". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
  3. ^ a b c "Species plantarum". www.biodiversitylibrary.org/. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
  4. ^ "Peperomia tenella (Sw.) A.Dietr". Tropicos. Retrieved 24 February 2024.


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