Peperomia dolabriformis Kunth, Nov. Gen & Sp. [Humboldt] 1: 50, tab. 4. 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

3. Peperomia dolabriformis Kunth, Nov. Gen & Sp. [Humboldt] 1: 50, tab. 4. 1815.

Fig. 5A

Piper dolabriforme Poir., Lam. Encycl. Meth. Suppl. 4: 464. 1816. Type: Based on Peperomia dolabriformis Kunth.

Type.

Peru, dept. Piura, prov. Huancabamba: "in Peruviae calidis, ad ripas flumini Guancabamba" [in the warmth of Peru, on the banks of the Huancabamba River ], Humboldt s/n (holotype: B [lost?], isotype P!) .

Distribution and habitat.

Warm valleys of the Western slopes of the Andes of departments Lambayeque, La Libertad, and Cajamarca. Huancabamba, Marañón and Crisnejas Valleys in departments Piura, Cajamarca, Amazonas, La Libertad and Ancash (Sihuas) in Peru. In Ecuador, it occurs in the provinces of Loja and Zamora-Chinchipe.

Note.

This species belongs to Peperomia subg. Fenestratae Pino ( Frenzke et al. 2015).

Specimens examined.

Peru, dept. Lambayeque, prov. Chiclayo, dist. Oyotún: Canyon above Chiclayo near Mocupa [Mocupe, 391 m, 06°48'58.7"S, 79°12'01.6"W], Johnson Cactus Garden , prepared at the BG of the University of California at Berkeley , accession 52.498, 24 Sep 1958, Larrabie s/n (F1567768, NY, UC088167 , US2301205) Dept. Cajamarca, prov. Santa Cruz, dist. Catache: road from Oyotún to El Espinal, 397 m, 06°49'46.7"S, 79°11'11.7"W, 28 Aug 2022, G. Pino & L.E. Alomía 3613 (USM 330874); same road, 440 m, 06°50'39.9"S, 79°10'23.1"W, 28 Aug 2022, G. Pino & L.E. Alomía 3621 (USM 330875) .

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.