Peperomia quadrifolia (L.) Kunth

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Venezuela

• State/Province

  Táchira

• Locality

  10 (airline) km ESE of La Fundación, 23 km by road, around Represa Dorada, 0 to 3 km below dam

• Elevation

  Alt. 450 - 650 m. (1476 - 2133 ft.)

• Coordinates

  7.78, -71.7797

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

PLANTS OF VENEZUELA
No. II538
Family: PIPERACEAE
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
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Peperomia quaesita Trel
Estado Tachira: 10 (airline) km ESE of La
Fundacion, 23 km by road, around Represa
Dorada, 0 to 3 km below dam. Primary ever-
green forest with patches of secondary
vegetation. Soils tending to be sandy,
derived from metamorphic rock (schist or
gneiss] 1*50 to 650 m	»
epiphyte and terrestrial on moss covered
ground, succulent
Det» J• Steyermark 198l (very rare}
R. Liesner and M. Guariglia 29 Apr. 1981
Distributed by the Missouri Botanical Garden and the Instituto
Botanico (Ministerio del Ambiente y de los Recursos Naturales
Renovables). Field work supported by NSF (United States) and
CON|C IT (Venezuela),
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