Peperomia pernambucensis
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Description
Terrestrial or epiphytic, erect herb, glabrous except for pubescent peduncle. Stem to 5 cm long, green. Leaves alternate, basely attached; petiole to 0.25 cm long; blade membranous, narrowly elliptic or oblanceolate, 15-30 x 4-12 cm, apex acuminate, base cuneate; venation pinnate with 4-5(-8) lateral pairs of veins. Inflorescence terminal, paniculate; peduncle 5 cm long, densely velvety pubescent, green; spikes 4-8 cm long, green, densely flowered; floral bracts rounded, glabrous, glandular. Fruits basely attached, cylindrical, slightly verrucose, apex truncate with central stigma.
Distribution
C America present, French Guiana present, Guyana present, N Brazil present, Southern America: Colombia (Colombia present); Venezuela (Venezuela present), Trinidad present
C America, Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad, Guyana, French Guiana and N Brazil; 30 collections studied (GU: 13; FG: 17).