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Synonyms: |
Peperomia mascharena C. DC. Peperomia rotundifolia sensu FZ 9(2) |
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Status: | Native |
Description: |
Prostrate perennial epiphytic or lithophytic herb, often mat-forming with creeping stems up to 40 cm long. Leaves alternate, sometimes opposite near the end of the stems, elliptic to circular, up to 12 mm long, rather stiff and fleshy, sparsely puberulous on both surfaces; margin entire but slightly ciliate. Inflorescence terminal or lateral spikes, greenish. |
Notes: | The African species P. bangroana was treated as a synonym of P. rotundifolia in Flora of West Tropical Africa (Hutchinson and Dalziel, 1954) and in Flora Zambesiaca. However, on the basis of differences in the inflorescence, Mathieu, G. & R. Callejas Posada (2006) show that the African P. bangroana consistently differs from the New World P. rotundifolia and thereby treat it as a separate species. |
Derivation of specific name: | bangroana: named for the type locality, the Bagru river in Sierra Leone |
Habitat: | In evergreen forest and riverine forest. |
Altitude range: (metres) | 1000 - 2000 m |
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Worldwide distribution: | Widespread in tropical Africa and South Africa as far as the Eastern Cape. Also in Madagascar and the Comoro Islands. |
Zimbabwe distribution: | E |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Images last updated: | Saturday 8 October 2011 |
Literature: |
Diniz, M.A. (1996). Piperaceae of the Flora Zambesiaca area Kirkia 16(1) Pages 77 - 78. as Peperomia rotundifolia Diniz, M.A. (1997). Piperaceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(2) Page 33. 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 rotundifolia 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 rotundifolia 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 356 - 357. Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 144. as Peperomia rotundifolia |
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