Peperomia maculosa

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Peperomia maculosa
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Magnoliids
Order: Piperales
Family: Piperaceae
Genus: Peperomia
Species:
P. maculosa
Binomial name
Peperomia maculosa
Synonyms
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    • Artanthe variegata(Ruiz & Pav.) Miq.
    • Lepianthes maculosum(L.) Raf.
    • Peperomia leridanaTrel.
    • Peperomia monsterifoliaGriseb.
    • Peperomia parmataTrel.
    • Peperomia scheryiTrel.
    • Peperomia septuplinerviaC.DC.
    • Peperomia suavisTrel.
    • Peperomia suavis var. hondurensisTrel.
    • Peperomia tenebraegaudensTrel.
    • Peperomia variegataRuiz & Pav.
    • Piper maculosumL.
    • Piper variegatum(Ruiz & Pav.) Pers.
    • Schilleria variegata(Ruiz & Pav.) Kunth

Peperomia maculosa, commonly known as spotted-stalked peperomia [1] and spotted peperomia, [2] is a species of plant in the genus Peperomia . Its native range is from Mexico to northern South America. [3]

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Description

Visually conspicuous species with glossy large white-veined dark-green leaves that are attached to spotted petioles. The large leaves can be 15 cm or more in length and their underside is of a pale green colour. The stems are one to two cm thick, swelling at where petioles branch out. The petioles can be 15 to 20 cm long, covered in fine hair, light green spotted with purplish-brown, and grooved on the top side. The flower spikes are solitary, 20 to 30 cm long, and purplish in color. [1] The spikes emit a faint musky smell usually at dusk.

Taxonomy

The accepted description of the plant is that of William Jackson Hooker from 1875 who examined specimens from the collections of Glasgow Botanic Gardens and the former Liverpool Botanic Gardens, today the place of Wavertree Botanic Garden and Park. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Hooker, William Jackson (1825). Exotic flora,containing figures and descriptions of new, rare or otherwise interesting exotic plants... Vol. 2. Edinburgh: William Blackwood. OCLC   4176654.
  2. ↑ "Peperomia maculosa". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 20 May 2022.
  3. ↑ "Peperomia maculosa (L.) Hook". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanical Gardens Kew. Retrieved 19 May 2022.

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