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Peperomia exigua
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| Synonyms: |
Peperomia pellucida sensu FZ 9(2) p.p. Piper exiguum Blume |
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| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Slender annual herb, up to 30 cm tall. Leaves alternate, almost circular to cordate, kidney-shaped, up to 2.7 × 3 cm, hairless, thinly textured and transparent, light green above, somewhat blue-green below, palmately 5-7-veined, margin entire; petiole 4-16 mm long. Inflorescence in terminal or leaf-opposed laxly flowered spikes, greenish. |
| Notes: | Peperomia exigua was at one time treated as a depauperate form of P. pellucida. However, on the basis of differences in the leaf shape and geographical distribution, Mathieu, G. & R. Callejas Posada (2006) show that P. exigua consistently differs from P. pellucida and thereby treat it as a separate species. P. pellucida s.s. has never been recorded from Zimbabwe or Mozambique. |
| Derivation of specific name: | exigua: small, meagre, poor |
| Habitat: | Occurring along stream banks and in seasonally flooded water courses and pans in woodland. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | Up to 1080 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, New Guinea, Nigeria, Oman, Philippines, Thailand, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | N,W,E,S |
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| Endemic status: | |
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| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Tuesday 2 February 2010 |
| Literature: |
Diniz, M.A. (1996). Piperaceae of the Flora Zambesiaca area Kirkia 16(1) Pages 76 - 77. as Peperomia pellucida Diniz, M.A. (1997). Piperaceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(2) Pages 32 - 33. Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 67. as Peperomia pellucida Mathieu, G. (2001-2010). The Internet Peperomia Reference Published on the internet: http://www.peperomia.net/ Mathieu, G. & R. Callejas Posada (2006). New synonymies in the genus Peperomia Ruiz & Pav. (Piperaceae) - an annotated checklist Candollea 61 Pages 354 - 355. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 83. |
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Peperomia exigua
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