Peperomia uaupesensis

Peperomia uaupesensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Piperales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Magnoliids Ordo: Piperales

Familia: Piperaceae
Subfamilia: Piperoideae
Genus: Peperomia
Species: Peperomia uaupesensis

Name

Peperomia uaupesensis Yunck., Bol. Inst. Bot. (São Paulo): 3: 194 (–195; fig. 171) (1966).

• Type locality: BRAZIL. Amazonas: Jauareté, Uaupés, Rio Negro, among rocks.
• Typus: R. de L. Fróes 21217 (19 October 1945; Holotypus: IAN [​IAN016642, re-determined with P. magnoliifolia (Jacq.) A.Dietr. by M. Carvalho-Silva on 12 May 2007]; Isotypus: NY [​NY00250688^{(GBIF, JSTOR, REFLORA, speciesLink)}]).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Southern America Northern South America Venezuela. Western South America Colombia. Brazil Brazil North (Acre, Amazonas, Pará). References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Yuncker, T.G. 1966. New species of Piperaceae from Brazil. Boletim do Instituto de Botânica (São Paulo) 3: 1–370. Google Books (only snippets available). Google Books (another version). Google Books (another version). Reference page. 

Additional references

• Bernal, R.,  Peperomia%20uaupesensis. In: Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. 2015. Cátalogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. ISBN 978-958-775-726-2 ResearchGate (Vol. 1).  Accessed: 3 April 2026. Reference page. 
• Yuncker, T.G. 1974. The Piperaceae of Brazil. III: Peperomia; taxa of uncertain status. Hoehnea 4: 71–413, 167 figs. Google Books (only snippets available). Reference page.  [see pp. 231–232]

Links

• Carvalho-Silva, M., Monteiro, D. & Marcusso, G.M. 2026. Peperomia uaupesensis. In: Flora e Funga do Brasil. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro. Accessed: 3 April 2026.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2026. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Peperomia uaupesensis. Accessed: 2026 April 3.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2026. Peperomia uaupesensis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2026 April 3. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2025. Peperomia uaupesensis. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2025. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2025 May 18. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2026. Peperomia uaupesensis. Published online. Accessed: 3 April 2026. Reference page.
• Tropicos.org 2026. Peperomia uaupesensis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 3 April 2026. Reference page.