Peperomia vitilevuensis
species of plant
Peperomia vitilevuensis is a species of epiphyte from the genus Peperomia. It was first described by Truman G. Yuncker and published in the book "Journal of the Arnold Arboretum 30(4): 445. 1949. (J. Arnold Arbor.)". The etymology came from Viti Levu, the place where the species was discovered.
Distribution
It is endemic to Fiji.
Fiji
Mount Victoria
Mount Nanggaranambuluta
Description
Stem up to 15 cm tall, branching sub-erect, 2 mm thick at the base when dry, densely hirtellous, with internodes generally 10-15 mm long; leaves alternating, elliptic, mostly 1.2-1.8 cm. Wide, 1.5-4 cm. long, the apex bluntly acute, the base acute, puberulent on both sides, ciliolate, palmately 3-5 nerved, the nerves branched upward, moderately dark-glandular dotted, drying membranous, translucent; petiole about 5 mm. long, hirtellous; spikes leaf-opposed, 1 mm.
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