Peperomia cymbifolia Pino, Pino, Peperomias de Cajamarca: 16-17, 50-51 f. 3 A-N. 2004.

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

2. Peperomia cymbifolia Pino, Pino, Peperomias de Cajamarca: 16-17, 50-51 f. 3 A-N. 2004.

Fig. 4A-F

Type.

PERU, dept. Cajamarca, prov. San Pablo, dist. San Pablo, the road to Chilete , 2080 m, 14 May 1964, P.C. Hutchison & J. K. Wright 5076 (holotype: UC 301913 !, isotype: USM 16457 !) .

Distribution and habitat.

Montane scrubs of the department of Cajamarca (Prov. San Pablo, Contumazá, Cajamarca, Chota, and San Marcos) between 1800 to 2800 m.

Notes.

The samples collected were determined as P. cymbifolia ( Pino 2004) However, comparing the plants of the Saña River Valley and the plants from the type locality we found some differences summarized in Table 1 . These differences do not support the description of a new species but are sufficient to describe a new variety of this species. Moreover, while previous collections grow from 1800 to 2800 m in colder and moister places, this variety seems to be adapted to low altitudes of 500 to 600 m with higher temperatures and drier periods. It is easy to cultivate outdoors in the city of Lima, quite different from var. Peperomia cymbifolia cymbifolia , which requires a cool greenhouse. This species belongs to Peperomia subg. Fenestratae Pino ( Frenzke et al. 2015).

Figures

Figure 4. Peperomia cymbifolia Pino var. occidentalis Pino & L. E. Alomia var. nov. A plant in habitat B plant ex situ C comparison of the leaves of P. cymbifolia var. cymbifolia (left) and var. Peperomia cymbifolia occidentalis (right) D young plants showing development E cultivated plant showing inflorescence F seeds of P. cymbifolia var. cymbifolia (right) and var. Peperomia cymbifolia occidentalis (left).