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Type: Article
Published: 2018-02-09
Page range: 109–116
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Two new lithophytic species of the genus Peperomia (Piperaceae) from the state of Chiapas, Mexico

Instituto de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad de Ciencias y Artes de Chiapas
Intituto de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad de Ciencias y Artes de Chiapas
Instituto de Biología, Universidad de Antioquía
Peperomia.net
El Triunfo herbarium montane cloud forest Oxyrhynchum Sierra Madre de Chiapas Magnoliids

Abstract

Two new species of Peperomia from the state of Chiapas, Mexico, P. asarifolioides García-Martínez & Beutelspacher and P. pseudoasarifolia Callejas & G.Mathieu, are described and illustrated. Both are morphologically close to Peperomia asarifolia Schltdl & Cham. and specimens of both new species have been identified as that species in the past. However, recent field work and thorough herbarium study revealed them to be distinct species.