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Peperomia pellucida

(L.) Kunth (1816)

This name is accepted

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

Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Annual herbs with fibrous roots.

Stems: Stems translucent pale green, erect or ascending, usually 15–45 cm long, internodes usually 3–8 cm long, glabrous.

Roots:

Leaves: Leaves simple. Alternate. Blades broadly ovate, 1.5–4(–5) cm long, 1–3.3 cm wide. <u>Apex</u> acuminate. Apex acuminate. <u>Base</u> subcordate to truncate. Base subcordate to truncate. <u>Surfaces</u> glabrous, medium green on upper surface; lower surfaces whitish green, thinly fleshy, drying papery. Surfaces glabrous, medium green on upper surface; lower surfaces whitish green, thinly fleshy, drying papery. <u>Margins</u> entire. Margins entire. Palmately 3– or 5-veined. Petioles 0.5–2(–3) cm long, glabrous. <b>Stipules</b> absent. Stipules absent.

Flowers: Flowers in spikes 1 to several, terminal and axillary or leaf–opposed, filiform, ca. 3–6 cm long, the rachis ca. 0.4–0.6 mm in diameter, glabrous, flowers well-spaced, peduncles ca. 0.6–1 cm long, glabrous. Flowers bisexual (perfect), perianth absent. Each flower subtended by a peltate bract. <b>Calyx</b> (sepals) absent. <b>Corolla</b> (petals) absent. <b>Stamens</b> 2. <b>Ovary</b> superior, ovoid, 1-carpellate, 1-celled, apex ± oblique; <u>ovules</u> 1 per cell, orthotropous, erect; <u>stigmas</u> 1–4, terminal.

Fruit: Fruit subglobose; ca. 0.5 mm long; longitudinally ridged; apex beaked; papillose–viscid with sessile glands. <b>Seeds</b> 1 per fruit; with scanty endosperm and copious; starchy perisperm.

Ploidy: 2n = 20–24; 44; 46; 48

Habitat: Garden weeds.

Elevation Range:

Historical Distribution

Uses and Culture

USES

  • Yes

Natural History

Statewide Status

Naturalized

Island Status

Kaua'i Naturalized
O'ahu Naturalized
Maui Only found in cultivation

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Specimens

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Bibliography

Name Published In: F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland &amp; C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 1: 64 (1816)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:1034 (O); Staples & Herbst 2005:453 (KEY), 455 (DESCR); Wagner et al. 2005— (accessed Feb 2019, K added)

Wagner et al. 1990:1034 (O); Staples & Herbst 2005:453 (KEY), 455 (DESCR); Wagner et al. 2005— (accessed Feb 2019, K added)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Scientific Name Authorship Locality Habitat Basis of Record Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Peperomia pellucida (L.) Kunth koloa dist: lawai, national tropical botanical garden's visitors center, at s end of hailima rd. Cracks of cement lanai PRESERVED_SPECIMEN d. h. lorence 6442 Kauai US 5/25/1990
2 Peperomia pellucida (L.) Kunth Honolulu, Foster Gardens PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Miyashiro, Y. s.n. Oahu BISH 8/16/1961
3 Peperomia pellucida (L.) Kunth waimea arboretum PRESERVED_SPECIMEN lau, j. cory, c. collector number: 2512 Oahu BISH 6/9/1986
4 Peperomia pellucida (L.) Kunth KAUAI: Koloa District, Lawai. National Tropical Botanical Garden. Visitor Center, at S end of Hailima Road. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN David H. Lorence 6442 Kauai PTBG 5/25/1990
5 Peperomia pellucida (L.) Kunth niu valley, 5863 mahimahi st garden PRESERVED_SPECIMEN herbst, d.r. Oahu BISH 1/21/1986
6 Peperomia pellucida (L.) Kunth Waimea Arboretum deep shade PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Lau, J. 2512 Oahu BISH 6/9/1986
7 Peperomia pellucida (L.) Kunth Niu Valley, 5863 Mahimahi St garden PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Herbst, D.R. s.n. Oahu BISH 1/21/1986
8 Peperomia pellucida (L.) Kunth Koloa District, Lawai Valley. Allerton Estate at Lawai-Kai PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Flynn, T. 5575 Kauai BISH 7/27/1994
9 Peperomia pellucida (L.) Kunth East Maui, Makawao District, Makawao, east side of Kailua Gulch. Plants were grown from soil cleaned off boots after field work on Guam, Micronesia in March 2012. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Duvall, F. Not on sheet Maui BISH 7/28/2012
10 Peperomia pellucida (L.) Kunth koloa district, lawai valley. allerton estate at lawai-kai PRESERVED_SPECIMEN flynn, t. collector number: 5575 Kauai BISH 7/27/1994
11 Peperomia pellucida (L.) Kunth vineyard st. nursery PRESERVED_SPECIMEN duvel, a. collector number: 98 Oahu BISH 4/10/1925
12 Peperomia pellucida (L.) Kunth honolulu, foster gardens PRESERVED_SPECIMEN miyashiro, y. Oahu BISH 8/16/1961
13 Peperomia pellucida (L.) Kunth honolulu, chinatown PRESERVED_SPECIMEN staples, g.w. collector number: 444 Oahu BISH 2/11/1989
14 Peperomia pellucida (L.) Kunth Honolulu, Chinatown PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Staples, G. 444 Oahu BISH 2/11/1989
15 Peperomia pellucida (L.) Kunth honolulu chinatown, produce seller at maunakea marketplace in pig-damaged Metrosideros - Acacia - Cibotium forest. On shaded base of Cibotium. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN staples, g.w. collector number: 843 Hawaii BISH 6/15/1992
16 Peperomia pellucida (L.) Kunth koloa district: lawai, national tropical botanical garden's visitors center, at s end of hailima rd Rooting in cracks in concrete lanai, partial shade. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN lorence, d.h. collector number: 6442 Kauai BISH 5/25/1990
17 Peperomia pellucida (L.) Kunth honolulu, vineyard st., hspa nursery PRESERVED_SPECIMEN degener, o. wiebke, h. collector number: 2685 Oahu BISH 3/20/1928
18 Peperomia pellucida (L.) Kunth Honolulu Chinatown, produce seller at Maunakea Marketplace PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Staples, G. 843 Oahu BISH 6/15/1992
19 Peperomia pellucida (L.) Kunth Vineyard St. Nursery PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Duvel, A. 98 Oahu BISH 4/10/1925
20 Peperomia pellucida (L.) Kunth Honolulu, Vineyard St., HSPA nursery PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Degener, O. 2685 Oahu BISH 3/20/1928
21 Peperomia pellucida (L.) Kunth grounds of national tropical botanical garden, PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Kauai US
22 Peperomia pellucida (L.) Kunth Koloa District: Lawai, National Tropical Botanical Garden's visitors center, at S end of Hailima Rd Rooting in cracks in concrete lanai, partial shade. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Lorence, D.H. 6442 Kauai BISH 5/25/1990
23 Peperomia pellucida (L.) Kunth Honolulu, Chinatown. Produce seller in the Maunakea Marketplace. Cultivated? Sold as a culinary herb. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN George Staples 843 Oahu PTBG 6/15/1992
24 Peperomia pellucida (L.) Kunth Waimea Arboretum. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Joel Lau 2512 Oahu PTBG 6/9/1986
25 Peperomia pellucida (L.) Kunth KAUAI: Koloa District, Lawai Valley. Plants of the Allerton Estate at Lawai-Kai. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Tim Flynn 5575 Kauai PTBG 7/27/1994
26 Peperomia pellucida (L.) Kunth Koloa Dist: Lawai, National Tropical Botanical Garden's visitors center, at S end of Hailima Rd. Cracks of cement lanai PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Lorence, D. H. 6442 Kauai US 5/25/1990
27 Peperomia pellucida (L.) Kunth koloa dist: lawai, national tropical botanical garden's visitors center, at s end of hailima rd. Cracks of cement lanai PRESERVED_SPECIMEN d. h. lorence 6442 Kauai US 5/25/1990
28 Peperomia pellucida (L.) Kunth Honolulu, Foster Gardens PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Miyashiro, Y. s.n. Oahu BISH 8/16/1961
29 Peperomia pellucida (L.) Kunth waimea arboretum PRESERVED_SPECIMEN lau, j. cory, c. collector number: 2512 Oahu BISH 6/9/1986
30 Peperomia pellucida (L.) Kunth KAUAI: Koloa District, Lawai. National Tropical Botanical Garden. Visitor Center, at S end of Hailima Road. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN David H. Lorence 6442 Kauai PTBG 5/25/1990
31 Peperomia pellucida (L.) Kunth niu valley, 5863 mahimahi st garden PRESERVED_SPECIMEN herbst, d.r. Oahu BISH 1/21/1986
32 Peperomia pellucida (L.) Kunth Waimea Arboretum deep shade PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Lau, J. 2512 Oahu BISH 6/9/1986
33 Peperomia pellucida (L.) Kunth Niu Valley, 5863 Mahimahi St garden PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Herbst, D.R. s.n. Oahu BISH 1/21/1986
34 Peperomia pellucida (L.) Kunth Koloa District, Lawai Valley. Allerton Estate at Lawai-Kai PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Flynn, T. 5575 Kauai BISH 7/27/1994
35 Peperomia pellucida (L.) Kunth East Maui, Makawao District, Makawao, east side of Kailua Gulch. Plants were grown from soil cleaned off boots after field work on Guam, Micronesia in March 2012. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Duvall, F. Not on sheet Maui BISH 7/28/2012
36 Peperomia pellucida (L.) Kunth koloa district, lawai valley. allerton estate at lawai-kai PRESERVED_SPECIMEN flynn, t. collector number: 5575 Kauai BISH 7/27/1994
37 Peperomia pellucida (L.) Kunth vineyard st. nursery PRESERVED_SPECIMEN duvel, a. collector number: 98 Oahu BISH 4/10/1925
38 Peperomia pellucida (L.) Kunth honolulu, foster gardens PRESERVED_SPECIMEN miyashiro, y. Oahu BISH 8/16/1961
39 Peperomia pellucida (L.) Kunth honolulu, chinatown PRESERVED_SPECIMEN staples, g.w. collector number: 444 Oahu BISH 2/11/1989
40 Peperomia pellucida (L.) Kunth Honolulu, Chinatown PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Staples, G. 444 Oahu BISH 2/11/1989
41 Peperomia pellucida (L.) Kunth honolulu chinatown, produce seller at maunakea marketplace in pig-damaged Metrosideros - Acacia - Cibotium forest. On shaded base of Cibotium. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN staples, g.w. collector number: 843 Hawaii BISH 6/15/1992
42 Peperomia pellucida (L.) Kunth koloa district: lawai, national tropical botanical garden's visitors center, at s end of hailima rd Rooting in cracks in concrete lanai, partial shade. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN lorence, d.h. collector number: 6442 Kauai BISH 5/25/1990
43 Peperomia pellucida (L.) Kunth honolulu, vineyard st., hspa nursery PRESERVED_SPECIMEN degener, o. wiebke, h. collector number: 2685 Oahu BISH 3/20/1928
44 Peperomia pellucida (L.) Kunth Honolulu Chinatown, produce seller at Maunakea Marketplace PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Staples, G. 843 Oahu BISH 6/15/1992
45 Peperomia pellucida (L.) Kunth Vineyard St. Nursery PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Duvel, A. 98 Oahu BISH 4/10/1925
46 Peperomia pellucida (L.) Kunth Honolulu, Vineyard St., HSPA nursery PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Degener, O. 2685 Oahu BISH 3/20/1928
47 Peperomia pellucida (L.) Kunth grounds of national tropical botanical garden, PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Kauai US
48 Peperomia pellucida (L.) Kunth Koloa District: Lawai, National Tropical Botanical Garden's visitors center, at S end of Hailima Rd Rooting in cracks in concrete lanai, partial shade. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Lorence, D.H. 6442 Kauai BISH 5/25/1990
49 Peperomia pellucida (L.) Kunth Honolulu, Chinatown. Produce seller in the Maunakea Marketplace. Cultivated? Sold as a culinary herb. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN George Staples 843 Oahu PTBG 6/15/1992
50 Peperomia pellucida (L.) Kunth Waimea Arboretum. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Joel Lau 2512 Oahu PTBG 6/9/1986
51 Peperomia pellucida (L.) Kunth KAUAI: Koloa District, Lawai Valley. Plants of the Allerton Estate at Lawai-Kai. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Tim Flynn 5575 Kauai PTBG 7/27/1994
52 Peperomia pellucida (L.) Kunth Koloa Dist: Lawai, National Tropical Botanical Garden's visitors center, at S end of Hailima Rd. Cracks of cement lanai PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Lorence, D. H. 6442 Kauai US 5/25/1990
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