Peperomia hispidula (Sw.) A. Dietr., Sp. Pl. 1: 165. 1831.

Pino Infante, Guillermo Eloy, Samain, Marie-Stephanie, Alban Castillo, Joaquina Adelaida & Alomia Collazos, Luis Enrique Aaron, 2023, Species of Peperomia (Piperaceae) from the Sana River Valley, Peru, PhytoKeys 225, pp. 1-40 : 1

8. Peperomia hispidula (Sw.) A. Dietr., Sp. Pl. 1: 165. 1831.

Fig. 5E

Piper hispidulum Sw., Prodr. 15. 1788. Type: Jamaica, Swartz s.n. (holotype not designated: S) [Basionym for Peperomia hispidula (Sw.) A.Dietr.].

Acrocarpidium hispidulum Miq., Syst. Piperac. 54. 1843 Type: Based on Piper hispidulum Sw.

Acrocarpidium sellowianum Miq., Syst. Piperac. 55. 1843 [as ‘sellovianum’] Type: Brazil, Brasilia, Sellow s.n. (holotype: B [lost?], lectotype: U [designated Zanotti et al. (2012: 133)], isolectotypes: G, K, W).

Peperomia tenera Miq., Fl. Bras. [Martius] 4(1): 19. 1852. Type: Based on Acrocarpidium sellowianum Miq.

Peperomia muscophila C.DC., Journ. Bot. 4: 133. 1866. [as ‘muscophylla’] Type: Mexico, Tafalla s.n (holotype: G; isotypes: G-DC).

Peperomia hispidula C.DC., Prodr.16:1:397. 1869. Based on Piper hispidulum Sw.

Peperomia hispidula var. sellowiana (Miq.) Dahlst. Kongl. Svenska Vetenskapsakad. Handl. 33(2): 14. 1900. Type: Based on Acrocarpidium sellowianum Miq.

Peperomia hispidula var. swartziana Dahlst., Kongl. Svenska Vetenskapsakad. Handl. 33(2): 13.1900. Type: Based on Peperomia hispidula C.DC.

Peperomia hispidula var. swartziana f. barbensis Dahlst., Kongl. Svenska Vetenskapsakad. Handl. 33(2): 14.1900. Type: Costa Rica, Hoffmann 54 (holotype: B [lost?]).

Peperomia perhispidula C.DC., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 40: 257. 1908). Type: Peru, Huacapistana, Weberbauer 2014 (holotype: B, F G-DC).

Peperomia hispidula var. muscophila (C.DC.) C.DC., Candollea 1: 335.1923. Type: based on Peperomia muscophila C.DC.

Peperomia hispidula var. perhispidula Trelease & Yuncker, Candollea 1: 335. 1923. Type: Based on Peperomia perhispidula C.DC.

Peperomia hispidula var. ellipticifolia Trelease & Yuncker, Piper . North. S. Amer. 2: 705. Pl. 626. 1950. Type: Colombia, Suratá, Killip & Smith16580 (holotype: GH; isotypes: ILL, MA, NY, US).

Type.

Jamaica, In nemorosis humidis montium altissimorum coeruleorum Jamaicae. [In shaded moist elevated forest on Blue Mountains Peak of Jamaica, 2200 m, 18°6'N, 76°40'W], Swartz s.n. (holotype not designated: S!)

Distribution and habitat.

Terrestrial on humus near water courses, shaded, 1500-3000 m, in evergreen montane forests of West Indies, Mexico, Central America, and South America (except Chile). All the other collections in Peru are from the eastern slopes of the Andes; this is the only report for the western slopes.

Note.

This species belongs to Peperomia subg. Hispidula Frenzke & Scheiris ( Frenzke et al. 2015).

Specimen examined.

Peru, dept. Cajamarca, prov. Santa Cruz, dist. Catache: Al norte del Chorro Blanco (Monteseco), borde de acequia [North of Chorro Blanco (Monteseco), border of stream] 1500 m, [06°50'58.6"S, 79°05'53.7"W], 20 Jan 1989, S. Leyva G. 008 (F 2016256).

Figures

Figure 5. Peperomia species that can be found in the Sana River Valley A P. dolabriformis B P. fraseri C P. galioides D P. haematolepis E P. hispidula F P. inaequalifolia G P. microphylla H P. rotundata.