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Peperomia hesperomannii

Wawra (1875)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Magnoliids Order: Piperales Family: Piperaceae Genus: Peperomia

‘ala‘ala wai nui [alaala wai nui]

Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Fleshy herbs.

Stems: Stems reddish purple, ascending to erect from a repent base, stout, 30–60 cm long, 8–12 mm in diameter toward base, many-branched above middle, internodes 24(–8) cm long, with 3–4 small longitudinal ridges, glabrous.

Roots:

Leaves: Leaves simple. Whorled or opposite. Blades elliptic–oblanceolate, rhombic–oblanceolate to elliptic–lanceolate, sometimes a few of them smaller and spatulate, 3–8 cm long, (0.6–)1.2–2.3 cm wide. Apex attenuate-acute, sometimes bluntly so, or smaller spatulate leaves rounded. Base narrowly cuneate or sometimes attenuate. Surfaces glabrous; yellowish green on upper surface; lower surfaces pale green and usually with red intercostal areas, somewhat thickened and firm, drying somewhat coriaceous. Margins revolute, especially when dry. Palmately 3-veined or larger leaves often 5-veined, principal veins strongly impressed on upper surface, tertiary veins visible and somewhat impressed. Petioles 0.4–1(–1.5) cm long, glabrous. Stipules absent.

Flowers: Flowers in fleshy spikes 1 to several, axillary and terminal, 4–10 cm long, the rachis 2–3 mm in diameter, glabrous, flowers moderately to loosely congested, peduncles 0.5–1.5(–2) cm long, glabrous . Flowers bisexual (perfect), perianth absent. Each flower subtended by a peltate bract. Calyx (sepals) absent. Corolla (petals) absent. Stamens 2. Ovary superior, broadly obovoid, 1-carpellate, 1-celled; ovules 1 per cell, orthotropous, erect; stigmas terminal.

Fruit: Fruit broadly obovoid; ca. 1 mm long; apex slightly bluntly beaked; papillose–viscid with sessile glands. Seeds 1 per fruit; with scanty endosperm and copious; starchy perisperm.

Ploidy: 2n = 44; 48; 66

Habitat: Wet forests.

Elevation Range: 540–1,400 m.

Historical Distribution

Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Endemic

Island Status

Kaua'i Endemic

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Bibliography

Name Published In: Beiträge zur Flora der Hawaischen Inseln. Flora 58: 227 (1875)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:1025 (K)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Peperomia hesperomannii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Yuncker, T.G. 3374 Kauai BISH 1933-01-23
2 Peperomia hesperomannii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen 3' tall Stone, B.C. 1527 Kauai BISH 1956-12-27
3 Peperomia hesperomannii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 960 Kauai BISH 1917-07-03
4 Peperomia hesperomannii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Yuncker, T.G. 3396 Kauai BISH 1933-01-21
5 Peperomia hesperomannii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 1157 Kauai BISH 1917-07-03
6 Peperomia hesperomannii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 17181 Kauai BISH 1916-10-01
7 Peperomia hesperomannii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Yuncker, T.G. 3602 Kauai BISH 1933-01-21
8 Peperomia hesperomannii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 958 Kauai BISH 1917-07-03
9 Peperomia hesperomannii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 957 Kauai BISH 1917-07-03
10 Peperomia hesperomannii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 1106 Kauai BISH 1917-07-03
11 Peperomia hesperomannii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 1105 Kauai BISH 1917-07-03
12 Peperomia hesperomannii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Corn, C. 485 Kauai BISH 1987-06-19
13 Peperomia hesperomannii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Meebold, A. 26445 Kauai BISH 1938-11-01
14 Peperomia hesperomannii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Corn, C. Kauai BISH 1987-06-17
15 Peperomia hesperomannii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 1117 Kauai BISH 1917-07-03
16 Peperomia hesperomannii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Stone, B.C. 1548 Kauai BISH 1956-12-27
17 Peperomia hesperomannii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Chock, A.K. 998 Kauai BISH 1953-08-19
18 Peperomia hesperomannii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Yuncker, T.G. 3373 Kauai BISH 1933-01-21
19 Peperomia hesperomannii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Yuncker, T.G. 3372 Kauai BISH 1933-01-22
20 Peperomia hesperomannii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. Kauai BISH 1920-01-01
21 Peperomia hesperomannii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. Kauai BISH 1920-01-01
22 Peperomia hesperomannii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Landgraf, L. Kauai BISH 1986-02-15
23 Peperomia hesperomannii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Corn, C. Kauai BISH 1990-10-26
24 Peperomia hesperomannii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Seale, A. Kauai BISH 1900-04-29
25 Peperomia hesperomannii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 1107 Kauai BISH 1917-07-03
26 Peperomia hesperomannii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 958 Kauai BISH 1917-07-03
27 Peperomia hesperomannii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 139 Kauai BISH 1909-08-06
28 Peperomia hesperomannii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 17291 Kauai BISH 1920-01-01
29 Peperomia hesperomannii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Yuncker, T.G. 3377 Kauai BISH 1933-01-23
30 Peperomia hesperomannii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 1118 Kauai BISH 1917-07-03
31 Peperomia hesperomannii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 959 Kauai BISH 1917-07-03
32 Peperomia hesperomannii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 17186 Kauai BISH 1916-10-01
33 Peperomia hesperomannii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. Kauai BISH
34 Peperomia hesperomannii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Yuncker, T.G. 3375 Kauai BISH 1933-01-23
35 Peperomia hesperomannii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details In very wet forest Preserved_Specimen Epiphyte on tree trunks, up to 60 cm. high; flowers yellow green Bryan Jr., E.H. 1474 Kauai BISH 1940-08-02
36 Peperomia hesperomannii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Wet, elfin clound forest of Metrosideros spp., Cheirodendron, & Pelea spp. trees covered by bryophytes, interspersed with shrubland of Metrosideros, Myrsine, and Vaccinium, and open boggy areas with native herbs (Oreobolus, Dichanthelium, Viola) highly invaded by weedy Juncus planifolius Preserved_Specimen Terrestrial herb on hummocks, Leaves with red intervenal areas beneath. Lorence, D.H. 6026 Kauai BISH 1988-06-17
37 Peperomia hesperomannii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Metrosideros-Cheirodendron montane wet forest w/ 8-10 m tall closed canopy, w/ Melicope clusiifolia, Myrsine wawraea, Kadua affinis, Smilax, Vaccinium, Ilex, Myrsine lessertiana, Dubautia laxa, Clermontia fauriei, Lobelia kauaensis, Cibotium, and Sadlera, terrestrially dominated by Peperomia hesperomannii with a great diversity of bryophytes. Preserved_Specimen Herb, terrestrial or epiphutic, stems red-orange, lvs dark green above, light green below, spikes light green, common. Wood, K.R. 14164 Kauai BISH 2010-04-07
38 Peperomia hesperomannii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details In moss forest of Metrosideros - Cheirodendron - Astelia. Preserved_Specimen Nagata, K.M. 1185 Kauai BISH 1973-09-02
39 Peperomia hesperomannii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Common in Bryophyte mats. Preserved_Specimen Hobdy, R.W. 3342 Kauai BISH 1991-06-18
40 Peperomia hesperomannii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Wet 'ohi'a forest with other native trees and a treefern and native shrub understory. Mostly protrected swale along ridge Preserved_Specimen Warshauer, F.R. 3406 Kauai BISH 1981-05-16
41 Peperomia hesperomannii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Rain forest Preserved_Specimen Epiphyte on tree trunks., leaves white below St.John, H. 76 Kauai BISH 1976-10-23
42 Peperomia hesperomannii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Mossy forest Preserved_Specimen leaves green agove, witish beneath St.John, H. 13537 Kauai BISH 1933-12-24
43 Peperomia hesperomannii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Woods Preserved_Specimen St.John, H. 10757 Kauai BISH 1930-12-27
44 Peperomia hesperomannii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Rain forest Preserved_Specimen Epephyte, leaves bright red below between the veins. Christensen, C. 78 Kauai BISH 1976-10-23
45 Peperomia hesperomannii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details A colony collection within a circle of 2' dia., growing on forest floor litter with Nertera; overhead is a low stature (4m), dense Metrosideros canopy Preserved_Specimen Takeuchi, W.N. 104 Kauai BISH 1983-07-31
46 Peperomia hesperomannii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Swampy forest Preserved_Specimen leaves below crimson between the veins. St.John, H. Kauai BISH 1947-12-22
47 Peperomia hesperomannii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Dense, wet forest with moderate to heavy Psidium growth, except upper part of valley dominated yb Metrosideros with understory of Psychotria, Hedyotis terminalis, Cyanea (3 species), Dicranopteris (in open areas), 3 spp. of Cyrtandra, Labordia hirtella (in upper part). Preserved_Specimen Growing terrestrially on mossy sites. Wagner, W.L. 6011 Kauai BISH 1988-04-07
48 Peperomia hesperomannii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Swampy forest Preserved_Specimen Herb Rogers, D.P. 6 Kauai BISH 1932-03-01
49 Peperomia hesperomannii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Wet 'ohi'a forest with opther native trees and a tereefern and native shrub understory Preserved_Specimen Higashino, P.K. 9627 Kauai BISH 1981-05-12
50 Peperomia hesperomannii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details At the beginning of thick vegetation and wet area. Preserved_Specimen Herat, T. 291 Kauai BISH 1973-06-07
51 Peperomia hesperomannii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Deep valley surroundedby steep cliffs ca. 1000 m. hich laced with waterfalls; Preserved_Specimen Low primary vegetation of small, stunted trees 1-2 m. tall, numerous pteriodophytes, and Gunnera over saturated, rocky ground. Terrestrial herb, stems erect, mottled with purplish red. Lorence, D.H. 5386 Kauai BISH 1987-07-23
52 Peperomia hesperomannii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Stream bed Preserved_Specimen 2-3 ft. high Rock, J.F.C. 8875 Kauai BISH 1911-10-20
53 Peperomia hesperomannii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Bog scrub Preserved_Specimen Hobdy, R.W. 3331 Kauai BISH 1991-06-18
54 Peperomia hesperomannii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Disturbed rain forest with many downed, moss-covered logs; growing with 'ohi'a. Cyanea, Gouldia, Psychotria, incl. guava, Melastoma, Erechtites valerianifolia Preserved_Specimen Terrestrial Wagner, W.L. 5379 Kauai BISH 1984-05-28
55 Peperomia hesperomannii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Woods Preserved_Specimen St.John, H. 10950 Kauai BISH 1931-01-02
56 Peperomia hesperomannii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details In shaded areas in low rain forest of Metrosideros, Cheirodendron, Antidesma, Eugenia, Lobeliads; terrestrial. Preserved_Specimen Henrickson, J.S. 4020 Kauai BISH 1969-07-31
57 Peperomia hesperomannii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Forest Preserved_Specimen Herbst, D.R. 2093 Kauai BISH 1971-08-23
58 Peperomia hesperomannii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Wet 'ohi'a forest with native trees and a treefern and native shrub understory. Preserved_Specimen Higashino, P.K. 9660 Kauai BISH 1981-05-13
59 Peperomia hesperomannii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Wet 'ohi'a forest with other native trees and a treefern and native shrub understory. Mostly protrected swale along ridge Preserved_Specimen Warshauer, F.R. 3406 Kauai BISH 1981-05-16
60 Peperomia hesperomannii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Metrosideros-Cheirodendron montane wet forest with Dicranopteris-Diplopterygium-Sticherus matting ferns with Leptecophylla tameiameiae, Vaccinum calycinum, Broussaisia arguta, Kadua affinis, Peperomia hesperomannii, Gahnia vitiensis kauaiensis, G. beecheyi, Coprosma elliptica, Melicope clusiifolia, M. Preserved_Specimen terrestrial herb, succulent stems erect yellow-grees to yellow-brown, 40 cm tall, leaves light green above, pale green-white below, spikes yellow-green, dominant in area Wood, K.R. 15510 Kauai BISH 2013-05-09
61 Peperomia hesperomannii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Wet forest Preserved_Specimen Fleshy herb; some with red intercostal areas on abaxial side of leaf Herbst, D.R. 2393 Kauai BISH 1972-04-25
62 Peperomia hesperomannii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Rain Forest - mossy ground Preserved_Specimen St.John, H. 26744 Kauai BISH 1968-04-16
63 Peperomia hesperomannii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details SWAMP Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 1693 Kauai BISH 1917-07-03
64 Peperomia hesperomannii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Abundant, succulent herb. Some forms with red intercostal areas on abaxial side of leaf. Herbst, D.R. 2393 Kauai BISH 1972-04-25
65 Peperomia hesperomannii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen 0.8 meters high Chock, A.K. 370 Kauai BISH 1952-02-03
66 Peperomia hesperomannii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 413 Kauai BISH 1909-09-01
67 Peperomia hesperomannii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 960 Kauai BISH 1917-07-03
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