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Issue: Vol. 446 No. 4: 2 June 2020
Type: Article
Published: 2020-06-02
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.446.4.5
Page range: 245–252
Abstract views: 24
PDF downloaded: 2

Peperomia calcicola (Piperaceae), a new species from limestone outcrops of the southeastern Brazilian Atlantic Forest

UNESP – Universidade Estadual Paulista, campus Rio Claro, Instituto de Biociências, Departamento de Biodiversidade, Av. 24A 1515, 13506–900, Rio Claro, São Paulo, Brazil.
UNESP – Universidade Estadual Paulista, campus Rio Claro, Instituto de Biociências, Departamento de Biodiversidade, Av. 24A 1515, 13506–900, Rio Claro, São Paulo, Brazil.
UNESP – Universidade Estadual Paulista, campus Rio Claro, Instituto de Biociências, Departamento de Biodiversidade, Av. 24A 1515, 13506–900, Rio Claro, São Paulo, Brazil.
Alto Ribeira State Tourist Park (PETAR) Multipalmata Neotropical Region Piperales seed plants Magnoliids

Abstract

Peperomia calcicola is here described as a new species from the Atlantic Forest of São Paulo state, southeastern Brazil. The species was found on limestone outcrops in the understory of rainforest in the Alto Ribeira State Tourist Park (PETAR). It is characterized by the unique combination of pilose to pubescent stems and leaves, the leaves 7–9-nerved, slightly discolorous, ovate to large lanceolate blades with acute apex and cordate to rounded base, and the spadix of 0.5–1.7 cm long. Here we present description, color photos, and taxonomic comparisons with the morphologically close taxa.