Peperomia serpens

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Peperomia serpens

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• <<Inflorescences>Peduncle>Length
• <<Inflorescences>Spikes>Length
• <<Leaves>Blade>Apex
• <<Leaves>Blade>Base
• <<Leaves>Blade>Dimensions
• <<Leaves>Blade>Shape
• <<Leaves>Blade>Texture
• <<Leaves>Petiole>Length
• <<Stems>Internodes>Length
• <Fruits>Apex
• <Inflorescences>Floral bracts
• <Inflorescences>Peduncle
• <Inflorescences>Position
• <Inflorescences>Spikes
• <Leaves>Blade
• <Leaves>Petiole
• <Leaves>Veins
• <Stems>Internodes
• Common Name
• Description
• Distribution
• Fruits
• Habit
• Individuals Association
• Inflorescences
• Leaves
• Notes
• Stems

<<Inflorescences>Peduncle>Length

to 3 cm long1

1. 004-002-001

<<Inflorescences>Spikes>Length

up to 1.7 cm long2

2. 004-003-001

<<Leaves>Blade>Apex

apex rounded,3

3. 003-002-004

<<Leaves>Blade>Base

base rounded, some hairs on young leaves only;4

4. 003-002-005

<<Leaves>Blade>Dimensions

1-2 x 1-2 cm5

5. 003-002-003

<<Leaves>Blade>Shape

broadly elliptic or deltoid6

6. 003-002-002

<<Leaves>Blade>Texture

fleshy or slightly coriaceous7

7. 003-002-001

<<Leaves>Petiole>Length

to 2 cm long8

8. 003-001-001

<<Stems>Internodes>Length

0.5-3 cm long9

9. 002-001-001

<Fruits>Apex

apex with slender beak and subapical stigma.10

10. 005-001

<Inflorescences>Floral bracts

floral bracts rounded, glabrous, glandular.11

11. 004-004

<Inflorescences>Peduncle

peduncle nodose or with 1-2 caducous bracts, not slender, , crisp-pubescent, not winged, green;12

12. 004-002

<Inflorescences>Position

terminal13

13. 004-001

<Inflorescences>Spikes

spike , pale green, densely flowered;14

14. 004-003

<Leaves>Blade

blade , , , ciliolate towards apex,15

15. 003-002

<Leaves>Petiole

petiole , crisp-pubescent;16

16. 003-001

<Leaves>Veins

venation obsoletely 3-5-veined.17

17. 003-003

<Stems>Internodes

internodes , green.18

18. 002-001

Common Name

English (French Guiana): kaimek pokal English (Suriname): gran koupali

Description

Epiphytic or epilithic herb, creeping or twining and rooting at nodes. Stem minutely crisp-pubescent, internodes 0.5-3 cm long, green. Leaves alternate, slightly peltate; petiole to 2 cm long, crisp-pubescent; blade fleshy or slightly coriaceous, broadly elliptic or deltoid, 1-2 x 1-2 cm, ciliolate towards apex, apex rounded, base rounded, some hairs on young leaves only; venation obsoletely 3-5-veined. Inflorescence terminal, solitary; peduncle nodose or with 1-2 caducous bracts, not slender, to 3 cm long, crisp-pubescent, not winged, green; spike up to 1.7 cm long, pale green, densely flowered; floral bracts rounded, glabrous, glandular. Fruits basely attached, ellipsoid, brown, apex with slender beak and subapical stigma.

Distribution

Neotropics present

Throughout the Neotropics; over 160 collections studied (GU: 38; SU: 36; FG: 91).

Fruits

Fruits basely attached, ellipsoid, brown,19

19. 005

Habit

Epiphytic or epilithic herb, creeping or twining and rooting at nodes.20

20. 001

Individuals Association

Suriname, Hannover Distr., LBB 15306 Guyana, Shodikar Cr., A.C. Smith 2879 Suriname, Brownsberg, Görts-van Rijn & Gouda 504 junction of Itany R. and Koule-Koule Cr., Feuillet, Görts-van Rijn & Gouda Inselberg Telouakem, Tumac Humac Mts., de Granville et al. 12134 Guyana, Marudi Mts., Stoffers & Görts-van Rijn et al. 220

Inflorescences

Inflorescence , solitary;21

21. 004

Leaves

Leaves alternate, slightly peltate;22

22. 003

Notes

In 1866, a later homonym was published: Peperomia serpens C. DC. (J. Bot. 4: 136). It was replaced by P. dimota Trel. & Yunck. (1950: 621).
See also note to P. rotundifolia.

Stems

Stem minutely crisp-pubescent,23

23. 002