Peperomia macrostachya (Vahl) A.Dietr.

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Guyana

• Locality

  North West. Waini River

• Coordinates

  8.33, -59.67

• Distribution

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Feperomia wainiana n.sp.
A moderately small essentially glabrous (pendulous arbpri-
colons?) herb; stem very slender (scarcely 2 m,)> leaves al-
ternate , subovate-elliptic, subcgjidately pointed, rounded at
base, moderate (2*5-3*B^< 6-9 cp»), dull, drying olive-green
beneath, rather opaque, pinnately veined, the1 Trui$ branches
of the heav^/'midrib about 3!^ 2r «parBely long-ciliate, petiole
short (scarcely over 10 mnu j:.j spike# tèrminal, paired at end
of a 1- or 2-bracted internode 2 cm. , rather elongated
* /’ . »
(with fruit 5^70 mm.) alveolate; peduncle filiform, 2 cm.
long; bracts round-peltate ; berries cylindric, reddi
ly somewhat pointedly scutfilate; stigma subap
Type locality: Wainl river (de la Cruz
the New York Botanical Garden)«
Distribution: Briti
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WAINI RIVER, NORTHWEST DISTRICT, LAT. 8° 20’ N., LONG. 59° 40' W. ^ ^
J. S. De La Cruz, Collector	APRIL 3-W, 1923
IS^^BE OF:
Peperomia wainiana Trel.
PLANTS OF BRITISH GUIANA
Distributed by H. A. Gleason
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
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Annot. Guido MATHIEU (GENT) - Dec 2005
PIPERACEAE
Peperomia macrostachya (vahl)
A.Dietr.
Det.	Wm, Trelpase and T. G. Yuncker	194
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