Peperomia sp.
Piperaceae
| Collection Number | Croat, T 96276 |
| Collectors | Thomas B. Croat, Christopher Davidson, Sharon Christoph |
| Identified By | |
| Source | C. Davidson |
| Date | 23 March 2006 |
| Country | Ecuador |
| province | Pichincha |
| Location | Along road between Santo Domingo de Los Colorados, via Chiriboga and San Juan, departing main Sta. Domingo-Quito Hwy. at La Union, Km 70 on main highway, 12.0 km N of main highway. 1350 m elev. |
| Lat/Long | S 00 17 46 W 078 52 13 |
| Note | Terrestrial to 0.5 m tall; stems purplish, thinly pubescent; petioles green near apex, otherwise purplish; blades with basal veins deeply sunken above; veins below pilose; spikes greenish, spikes. |
Local Habitat
2.0km distance
| Location | Ecuador, Pichincha, Along road between Santo Domingo de Los Colorados, via Chiriboga and San Juan. Departing main highway at La Uníon, Km 70 on new Sta. Domingo-Quito Hwy., 11.3 km N of main highway., S 00 18 29 W 078 53 01 |
| Date | 23 March 2006 |
| Ecology | Montane rain forest |
