Peperomia acuminata Ruiz & Pav.

  • Filed As

    Piperaceae
    Peperomia acuminata Ruiz & Pav.

  • Collector(s)

    B. Peyton 1478, 12 Oct 1982

  • Location

    Peru. Cusco. Urubamba Prov. Machu Picchu, on a slope .5 north of the union of the Sayacmarca and Aobama Rivers. (Plot 224). Aspect NW, slope 36 % Humid Low Mt. Subtropical Forest, on a ridgeline.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 4121124

    Occurrence ID: fa51b5db-6b2c-47e7-a913-dea3db724b0d

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  • Region

    South America

  • Country

    Peru

  • State/Province

    Cusco

  • County/Municipio

    Urubamba Prov.

  • Locality

    Machu Picchu, on a slope .5 north of the union of the Sayacmarca and Aobama Rivers. (Plot 224). Aspect NW, slope 36 % Humid Low Mt. Subtropical Forest, on a ridgeline

  • Elevation

    Alt. 2350 m. (7710 ft.)

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The New York Botanical Garden
Peperomia acuminata R & P
det: R. Callejas. 1984
PERU
CUSCO
Urubembe, Machu Plcchu1, on a slope .5km north of the union
of the Sayacmarca and Aobamba Rivers, (plot #224]
altitude 2350 m, aspect NW, slope 36%
Humid Low Mt. Subtropical Forest, on a ridge line.
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Forb, decumbent succulent green stem 2.5cm thick can be 2m
long fCan branch, and turns black at the distal end; red color-
ation on the stem before the spike; spike covered with bright
yelLow green seeds; waxy green succulent leaves are white
green on the underside.
B.Peyton, S*Tflnsy Peyton 1478
12 October 1982
Collected under the auspices of the Floe, of Peru project and the Spectacled Bear Habitat study,
a collaborative effort of the Missouri Botanical Garden and the Field Museum of Natural History in
ijuction kith the Universidad San Antonio Abad, the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, and
'--- ------- nnn * supported by the Mew York Zoological Society.
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