Peperomia glabella |
Peperomia alata |
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cypress peperomia |
wing peperomia |
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Habit | Herbs, perennial, rhizomatous, erect, decumbent, or reclining, simple or branched, 8-45 cm, mostly glabrous, with numerous black, glandular dots. | Herbs, perennial, rhizomatous, erect or reclining, simple or sparsely branched, 1-3 dm, glabrous, without black, glandular dots. |
Leaves | blade 3-5-veined from base, ovate to narrowly or broadly elliptic, 2-6.5 × 1-4 cm, base nearly rounded to broadly cuneate, apex acute to short-acuminate; surfaces mostly glabrous. |
blade 3-5-veined from base, narrowly to broadly elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate or oblanceolate, 5-13 × 1.5-4 cm, base attentuate to acuminate, apex acute to short-acuminate; surfaces glabrous. |
Spikes | terminal or terminal and axillary, 1-4, densely flowered, 3-13 cm, mature fruiting spikes 2-3 mm diam. |
terminal, 1-3, sometimes also with solitary spikes from proximal axils, densely flowered, 6-13 cm, mature fruiting spikes 2-3 mm diam. |
Fruits | sessile, very broadly ovoid to globose, 0.7-0.8 × 0.6-0.7 mm, warty; beak obliquely conic, 0.1-0.2 mm. |
sessile, globose to very broadly ovoid, 0.5-0.8 × 0.6-0.8 mm, minutely warty; beak minute, mammiform or conic, 2 sides flattened, 0.1-0.2 mm. |
Peperomia glabella |
Peperomia alata |
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Phenology | Flowering all year. | Flowering all year. |
Habitat | Epiphytic or terrestrial | Swamps |
Elevation | 0-20 m (0-100 ft) | 0-10 m (0-0 ft) |
Distribution |
FL; West Indies; n South America |
FL; Central America; South America; West Indies |
Discussion | Peperomia alata is known from three collections (one not specified, the other two from Collier County, Florida). It is a common and widespread species of the West Indies, Central America, and South America. The characteristic wings on the stem are not so conspicuous as on many specimens from those regions. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 3. | FNA vol. 3. |
Parent taxa | Piperaceae > Peperomia | Piperaceae > Peperomia |
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Synonyms | Piper glabellum | |
Name authority | (Swartz) A. Dietrich: Sp. Pl. 1: 156. (1831) | Ruiz & Pavon: Fl. Peruv. 1: 31. (1798) |
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