Species Peperomia retusa
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Etymology of Peperomia:
Gk. peperi = pepper; (h)omoios = resembling. A small fleshy-leaved tropical plant of the pepper family. Many are grown as houseplants, chiefly for their decorative foliage (Wikipedia.org). This genus is related to and closely resembles the true peppers, Piper spp.
Etymology of retusa:
From the Latin retusus = 'blunt'
Scientific name:
Peperomia retusa (L. f.) A. Dietr.
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Protologue:
Sp. Pl., ed. 6 [Dietrich] 1: 155 (1831)
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Year published:
1831
Soft, creeping perennial to 20 cm, rooting from the nodes. Leaves lightly succulent, obovate, glossy, minutely ciliolate along apex. Flowers in thread-like, terminal spikes, green. Jan.--Mar. Forest floors and humus on sheltered rocks, SW, KM, LB, SE (Cape Peninsula to Mpumalanga).
Observations of Taxon
Peperomia retusa
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Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
14/12/2020 - 8:07am
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Peperomia retusa
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Mary Maytham Kidd (David)
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Peperomia retusa
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Janet M. Gibson (David)
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Peperomia retusa
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Elsa Pooley (David)
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Peperomia retusa
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Barbra Jeppe (David)
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