Peperomia inaequalifolia Ruiz & Pav., Flora Peruviana & Chilensis 1: 30, plat. 46 fig.a. 1798.

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

9. Peperomia inaequalifolia Ruiz & Pav., Flora Peruviana & Chilensis 1: 30, plat. 46 fig.a. 1798.

Fig. 5F

Piper inaequalifolium Vahl., Enum. Pl. 1: 355. 1804. Type: Based on Peperomia inaequalifolia Ruiz & Pav.

Piper aromaticum Willd., Enum. Pl. Hort. Berol. Suppl.: 3. 1813. Type: Not mentioned.

Peperomia chrysotricha Miq., Syst. Pip.:163. 1843. Type: Dombey 933 (holotype: P; isotype: U).

Peperomia parvula Sodiro, Piperac. Ecuator. 1: 139. 1900. Type: Sodiro s/n (Holotype not designated: G, P, Q).

Peperomia fasciculata Sodiro, Contrib. al Conoc. Fl. Ecuador Monog.1 ed. 3: 181. 1901. Type: Based on Peperomia parvula Sodiro.

Peperomia galioides Kunth var. minutifolia C.DC., Ann. Cons. Jard. Bot. Genève 21: 262. 1920. Type: Ecuador, Valle Nonegal. A. Sodiro 2/52 (holotype: G-DC).

Peperomia atocongona Trel., Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. [Macbride J.F.] 13(2): 24. 1936. Type: Peru. Lima: Atocongo. F.W. Pennelll 14752 (holotype: PH).

Peperomia limaensis Trel., Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. [Macbride J.F.] 13(2): 58. 1936. Type: Peru. Lima: San Gerónimo. J.F.Macbride 5920 (holotype: F).

Peperomia pseudogalapagensis Trel., Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. [Macbride J.F.] 13(2): 79. 1936. Type: Peru. Lima: San Gerónimo. Wilkes Expl. Exped. 5920 (holotype: GH; isotype: K).

Type.

Peru, dept. Lima, prov. Lima, dist. Rimac: "Habitat Limae in collibus altis in Amancaes copiosa, dicitur Congona Zimarrona" [Grows in Lima in high hills, abundant in Loma de Amancaes , it is called Congona Cimarrona], Ruiz & Pavón s/n: MA [29573]

Distribution and habitat.

Coastal valleys of Peru and Galápagos (Ecuador) between 200 and 2000 m, in dry forests, almost always epiphytic on trunks, occasionally on rocks.

Note.

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

Specimens examined.

Peru, dept. Cajamarca, prov. Santa Cruz, dist. Catache: Monteseco, 3 km NE, epífito, sobre tronco de árbol [epiphytic, on tree trunk] 1850 m, [06°50'41.4"S, 79°06'14.4"W], 5 May 1987, J. Santisteban C. & J. Guevara B. 004 ( HUT 24701 , F1995288); Arriba de Monteseco , sobre árbol de Erythrina [Above Monteseco, on Erythrina tree] 1350 m, [06°51'17.8"S, 79°06'33.3"W], 10 Oct 1993, S. Leyva et al. 904 (HAO, F 2165067) Prov. San Miguel, dist. Niepos: Road from La Florida to Monte Seco (Naranjo), 15.6 km from La Florida, 1700 m, 06°54'08"S, 79°08'15"W, 1 Mar 2009, G. Mathieu & L. Symmank 166. (USM 255775). Road from Naranjo to La Florida, 1316 m, 06°53'08.6"S, 79°06'45.8"W, 26 Jul 2020, G. Pino & L.E. Alomía 3227 (observed). Same road, 1291 m, 06°53'08.7"S, 79°06'49.1"W, 26 Jul 2020, G. Pino & L.E. Alomía 3228 (observed). Idem. 1265 m, 06°53'04.6"S, 79°06'51.2"W, 26 Jul 2020, G. Pino & L.E. Alomía 3229 (observed). Road from La Florida to Niepos, 1297 m, 06°53'06.9"S, 79°06'47.6"W, 28 Aug 2022, G. Pino & L.E. Alomía 3640. (USM 330884) .

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.