Peperomia rotundata Kunth. Nov. Gen & Sp. [Humboldt] 1: 67, tab.12. 1815.

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

13. Peperomia rotundata Kunth. Nov. Gen & Sp. [Humboldt] 1: 67, tab.12. 1815.

Fig. 5H

Piper rotundatum (Kunth) Poir., Lam. Encycl. Meth. Suppl. 4: 468. 1816. Type: Based on Peperomia rotundata Kunth.

Piper villosum Rich. mss. in herb. Francov. in DC. Prodr. 16(1):442. 1869. Type: Based on Peperomia rotundata Kunth.

Type.

Colombia, dept. Cauca: "Crescit in excelsis regni Novogranatensis, inter Pansitara et vallem Yacanocatu, alt. 980 hexap. Floret Novembri." [Grows in elevations of the Kingdom of New Granade, between Pacitará and the Yacanocatu valley , at 1800 m, Flowers in November ], Humboldt s/n, (holotype: B [lost?]; isolectotype: P!)

Distribution and habitat.

Montane forests of Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia: rare, but uniformly distributed, terrestrial in shaded places growing on humus.

Note.

This species belongs to Peperomia subg. Micropiper (Miq.) Miq. ( Frenzke et al. 2015).

Specimen examined.

Peru, dept. Cajamarca, prov. San Miguel, dist. Unión Agua Blanca: El Tingo, camino a Taulis, [on the way to Taulis] 3175 m, [06°59'26"S, 79°01'21"W], 18 Feb 2000, E. Rodríguez et al. 2366 (HUT 37499, F, M, MO).

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.