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Peperomia thollonii

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Species of flowering plant

Peperomia thollonii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Magnoliids
Order: Piperales
Family: Piperaceae
Genus: Peperomia
Species: P. thollonii
Binomial name
Peperomia thollonii
C.DC.

Peperomia thollonii is a species of flowering plant from the genus Peperomia. It was first described by Casimir de Candolle and published in the book "Notulae Systematicae. Herbier du Museum de Paris 3: 38. 1914 ". It primarily grows on wet tropical biomes. Its etymology came from François-Romain Thollon, a botanist and plant collector who worked in Gabon and the Congo.

Distribution

It is endemic to Cameroon, Gabon and Republic of the Congo. First specimens where found Gabon.

Description

The stalk is thickly hairy, featuring alternating leaves that are somewhat petiolate and glabrous; the limbs are elliptic-lanceolate at the base and have an acute 3-nerved tip; the axillary and terminal peduncles are almost as long as the petioles; the filiform spikes are almost as long as the limbs; the bracts are pelt obovate, situated slightly above the middle of the subsessile; the ovary emerges ovate at the top, with a stigmatiferous tip that is fleshy and glabrous; the berry is globose-ovate at the tip, with mucronulate stigma and asperulate glands.

stems that rise 1 mm, or around 13 cm, thick, from a prostrate base. extended Legs in dry membranous minute transparent-punctate, petiole measuring 9 mm in length and up to 3 cm in length and 1.8 cm in width. Approximately 0.75 mm thick berry spikes and 0.5 mm diameter plate fur.

References

  1. ^ "Notul. Syst. (Paris) 3: 38 (1914)". powo.science.kew.org/. C.DC. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
  2. "Notulae Systematicae. Herbier du Museum de Paris 3: 38. 1914". legacy.tropicos.org. Candolle, Anne Casimir Pyramus de. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
  3. "Thollon, François-Romain (1855-1896)". plants.jstor.org. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
  4. ^ "C. DC. (1914). In: Lecomte, Not. Syst 3: 38". gbif.org. Catalogue of Life Checklist. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
  5. ^ "Notulae systematicae". www.biodiversitylibrary.org/. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
Taxon identifiers
Peperomia thollonii


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