Peperomia abyssinica
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Plateau below Nhandore Peak, Mt Gorongosa
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Plateau below Nhandore Peak, Mt Gorongosa
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Along road to Chozi View Point, Nyika National Park
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Along road to Chozi View Point, Nyika National Park
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Along road to Chozi View Point, Nyika National Park
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| Synonyms: |
Peperomia goetzeana Engl. Peperomia rungwensis Engl. |
| Common names: | |
| Frequency: | Local |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Rather succulent perennial epiphytic or lithophytic herb. Stems decumbent, 15-50 cm long, rooting at the lower nodes. Leaves alternate, sometimes the uppermost opposite, often more concentrated on the ascending upper part of the stems, spathulate, elliptic to obovate-oblong, 2.5-6 cm long, often variable on the same branch, 3-5-veined from the base, succulent when fresh, bright green above, paler with a prominent midrib beneath, hairless but punctate with pellucid glands; margin entire, sometimes ciliate towards the apex; petiole 2-10 mm long, thick. Inflorescence in solitary terminal or axillary spikes, greenish, 4-11 cm long. Fruit spheric-ellipsoid, c. 1 mm long, brownish, covered with whitish glands. |
| Type location: |
Ethiopia |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | abyssinica: of Abyssinia (now Ethiopia). |
| Habitat: | On moss-covered rocks or on tree trunks montane evergreen forest, often by streams. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 750 - 1750 m |
| Flowering time: | |
| Worldwide distribution: | DRC, Uganda, Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi and Mozambique. |
| FZ divisions: | MS |
| Growth form(s): | |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Wednesday 16 May 2012 |
| Literature: |
Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 224. as Peperomia abyssinica abyssinica and Peperomia goetzeana (Includes a picture). Diniz, M.A. (1996). Piperaceae of the Flora Zambesiaca area Kirkia 16(1) Page 81. as Peperomia goetzeana Diniz, M.A. (1997). Piperaceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(2) Pages 35 - 36. Also as Peperomia goetzeana Dowsett-Lemaire, F. (1989). The flora and phytogeography of the evergreen forests of Malawi. I: Afromontane and mid-altitude forests; Bull. Jard. Bot. Nat. Belg. 59(1/2) Page 28. As Peperomia goetzeana Mathieu, G. (2001-2010). The Internet Peperomia Reference Published on the internet: http://www.peperomia.net/ Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 143. |
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