Author: |
Sereno Watson,
1887 |
Family: |
PEPEROMIACEAE* |
Origin: |
Mexico |
Soil: |
Rich Mix |
Water:
|
Medium |
Sun: |
Minimum - Medium |
Thickness: |
3
Centimetres |
Height: |
10
Centimetres |
Flower:
|
Green |
Propagate: |
Seeds |
Names:
|
- |
Synonyms: |
Peperomia amphoricarpa, Trel.
Peperomia parryana, Trel.
Peperomia parryana var. borealis, Trel.
Peperomia tenuimucronata, Trel.
Peperomia campylotropa,
Arthur William Hill, 1907. ? |
This little member of the
Peperomiaceae family was given this name by
Sereno Watson
in 1887. It is found in Mexico, growing in a rich soil with
some water and little or no sun. The caudex can grow to two or three
centimetres in diameter, and the plant up to ten centimetres height.
The flowers are green
The genera name means
'pepper-like', not as to appearance but as to kinship. The species
name means 'most graceful, slender'.
')Accordantly to the latest taxonomic system; APG IV 2016 is
Peperomiaceae
now part of
the Piperaceae. |