CHR 649406 – Peperomia blanda (Jacq.) Kunth
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 649406
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
07 May 2018
Database record updated:
07 May 2018
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Peperomia blanda (Jacq.) Kunth
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
2002-03-04 (Verbatim: 4 Mar 2002)
Preferred name:
Peperomia blanda (Jacq.) Kunth
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Piperales
Family:
Piperaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Ara Metua East of Avarua Pue Roadside garden
Verbatim locality:
Avarua, near Ara Metua, behind Theological College
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Sykes 5360/CI
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
4 Mar 2002
Start date:
2002-03-04
Country:
Cook Islands
Land District:
Rarotonga
Habitat:
On basalt cliff, semi-shade.
Notes:
Small clump-forming, succulent herb. Stems ± erect, only rooting at basal nodes. Stems, leaf upper surfaces, peduncles puberulent. Leaf lamina rather thin, pale green beneath, dull green above on vegetative shoots but somewhat shining on flowering shoots. Spikes 1-2 at uppermost nodes, very slender, (c. 1 mm wide), to 9 cm long, medium green. A number of similar clumps.
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