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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

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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. Apex acuminate. Base subcordate to truncate. Surfaces glabrous, medium green on upper surface; lower surfaces whitish green, thinly fleshy, drying papery. Margins entire. Palmately 3– or 5-veined. Petioles 0.5–2(–3) cm long, glabrous. 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. Calyx (sepals) absent. Corolla (petals) absent. Stamens 2. Ovary superior, ovoid, 1-carpellate, 1-celled, apex ± oblique; ovules 1 per cell, orthotropous, erect; stigmas 1–4, terminal.

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

Ploidy: 2n = 20–24; 44; 46; 48

Habitat: Garden weeds.

Elevation Range:

Historical Distribution

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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

Bibliography

Name Published In: F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & 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, Herbst & Lorence 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 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
2 Peperomia pellucida (L.) Kunth niu valley, 5863 mahimahi st garden PRESERVED_SPECIMEN herbst, d.r. Oahu BISH 1/21/1986
3 Peperomia pellucida (L.) Kunth Waimea Arboretum deep shade PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Lau, J. 2512 Oahu BISH 6/9/1986
4 Peperomia pellucida (L.) Kunth Honolulu, Chinatown PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Staples, G. 444 Oahu BISH 2/11/1989
5 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
6 Peperomia pellucida (L.) Kunth Niu Valley, 5863 Mahimahi St garden PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Herbst, D.R. s.n. Oahu BISH 1/21/1986
7 Peperomia pellucida (L.) Kunth Koloa District, Lawai Valley. Allerton Estate at Lawai-Kai PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Flynn, T. 5575 Kauai BISH 7/27/1994
8 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
9 Peperomia pellucida (L.) Kunth vineyard st. nursery PRESERVED_SPECIMEN duvel, a. collector number: 98 Oahu BISH 4/10/1925
10 Peperomia pellucida (L.) Kunth honolulu, chinatown PRESERVED_SPECIMEN staples, g.w. collector number: 444 Oahu BISH 2/11/1989
11 Peperomia pellucida (L.) Kunth honolulu, foster gardens PRESERVED_SPECIMEN miyashiro, y. Oahu BISH 8/16/1961
12 Peperomia pellucida (L.) Kunth Honolulu Chinatown, produce seller at Maunakea Marketplace PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Staples, G. 843 Oahu BISH 6/15/1992
13 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
14 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
15 Peperomia pellucida (L.) Kunth honolulu, vineyard st., hspa nursery PRESERVED_SPECIMEN degener, o. wiebke, h. collector number: 2685 Oahu BISH 3/20/1928
16 Peperomia pellucida (L.) Kunth Vineyard St. Nursery PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Duvel, A. 98 Oahu BISH 4/10/1925
17 Peperomia pellucida (L.) Kunth Honolulu, Vineyard St., HSPA nursery PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Degener, O. 2685 Oahu BISH 3/20/1928
18 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
19 Peperomia pellucida (L.) Kunth grounds of national tropical botanical garden, PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Kauai US
20 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
21 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
22 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
23 Peperomia pellucida (L.) Kunth Waimea Arboretum. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Joel Lau 2512 Oahu PTBG 6/9/1986
24 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
25 Peperomia pellucida (L.) Kunth waimea arboretum PRESERVED_SPECIMEN lau, j. cory, c. collector number: 2512 Oahu BISH 6/9/1986
26 Peperomia pellucida (L.) Kunth Honolulu, Foster Gardens PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Miyashiro, Y. s.n. Oahu BISH 8/16/1961
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