Peperomia cuspidilimba is a species of epiphyte in the genus Peperomia that is native to Ecuador.[1][2] It grows on wet tropical biomes.[1] Its conservation status is Threatened.[3]
| Peperomia cuspidilimba | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Spermatophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Piperales |
| Family: | Piperaceae |
| Genus: | Peperomia |
| Species: | P. cuspidilimba |
| Binomial name | |
| Peperomia cuspidilimba | |
Description
editThe type specimen were collected near the forests of Mount Tungurahua, Ecuador.[4]
Peperomia cuspidilimba is entirely glabrous, with an erect, simple stem that is leathery and dark red when dry, up to 3 mm thick below. The leaves are ternate with rather long petioles 7–10 mm long; the blade is elliptic-lanceolate, acute at the base, long-cuspidate at the apex with a somewhat acute cusp, measuring 3.5–6 cm long and 1–2 cm wide, rigidly membranaceous when dry, densely pellucid-punctulate, 5-nerved. The peduncles are axillary at the apex of the stem and terminal, 2–3 cm long, exceeding the petioles. The spikes are twice as long as the leaf blade, up to 11.5 cm long and 2 mm thick, densely flowered. The bract is immersed with the flower, having an ovate pelt pedicellate at the center. The anthers are elliptic, exceeding the filament. The ovary is ovate, sprinkled with glands, bearing a stigma at the very apex; the stigma is fleshy and glabrous. The berry is ovate-acute, 0.75 mm long, without a pseudocupula.[4]
Taxonomy and naming
editIt was described in 1920 by Casimir de Candolle in the Annuaire du Conservatoire et du Jardin botaniques de Genève, from specimens collected by Luis Sodiro.[5] The epithet cuspidilimba refers to the cuspidate leaf blade.[4]
Distribution and habitat
editIt is native to Ecuador.[2] It grows as a terrestrial or epiphyte and is a herb.[1][4] It grows on wet tropical biomes.[1]
Conservation
editThis species is assessed as Threatened, in a preliminary report.[3]
References
edit- 1 2 3 4 "Peperomia cuspidilimba C. DC". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 23 March 2026.
- 1 2 "Peperomia cuspidilimba C. DC". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 23 March 2026.
- 1 2 Bachman, Steven P.; Brown, Matilda J. M.; Leão, Tarciso C. C.; Lughadha, Eimear Nic; Walker, Barnaby E. (2024). "Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation". New Phytologist. 242 (2): 797–808. doi:10.1111/nph.19592. PMID 38437880.
- 1 2 3 4 de Candolle, Casimir. "Annuaire du Conservatoire et du Jardin botaniques de Genève 21: 267–268. 1920". Annuaire Conserv. Jard. Bot. Genève. 21: 267–268.
- ↑ "Peperomia cuspidilimba C. DC". Tropicos. Retrieved 23 March 2026.
