Peperomia emarginella, Croat93450--Ecuador. Prov. Cotopaxi. Centro Sacha Wiwa. Guayacan. 16 Aug 04. 183.jpg
Native to Bolivia, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Florida, French Guiana, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Panamá, Peru, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Windward Is. (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 6 occurrences across 4 countries.
Location
Ecuador, Cotopaxi (La Maná Canton)
-0.868889, -79.159167
Location Remarks
Along road from Guayacan to Pucayacú, Departing main Quevedo-Latacunga Hwy. (23.2 km W of Cotopaxi-Los Ríos border 0.8 km N of Guayacan, 8.4 km S of Guasaganda.
Collectors
Tom B. Croat, Geneviève Ferry, Christopher Davidson
Notes
Epiphyte, creeping; spikes yellowish.
Location
Ecuador, Pichincha (Quito)
0.021944, -78.746944
Location Remarks
Along road between Tandayapa and Mindo, vicinity of Bellavisata Tourist Lodge, 6.5 km N of Tandayapa on old road from Nono to Mindo. 2270 m elev.
Collectors
Tom B. Croat, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
Epiphyte; blades flat above, convex below.
Location
Peru, Pasco, Oxapampa (Palcazu)
-10.337778, -75.251944
Location Remarks
Dist. Palcazú, Parque Nacional Yanachaga-Chemillen. Estación Biológica Paujil, camino hacia pozo tigre. Bosque primario sobre suelo de arenisca. 850 m elev.
Collectors
Rodolfo Vásquez Martínez, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, Antonio Peña Cruz, J. Mateo
Notes
Bosque primario sobre suelo de arenisca. Epífito, espigas verdes.
Location
Costa Rica, Heredia (Pococí Canton, Guápiles)
10.146972, -83.946167
Location Remarks
Parque Nacional Braulio Carillo. Roadside barrow near Rio Sucio, off main highway 32.
Collectors
Location
France, Grand Est, Meurthe-et-Moselle (Jardin Botanique du Montet)
Location Remarks
100, rue du Jardin Botanique, Villers-les-Nancy
Collectors
No collectors specified
Location
France (Le Jardin Botanique du Montet)
Location Remarks
100 rue du Jardin Botanique, Nancy
Collectors
No collectors specified
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Piperales
Family
Piperaceae
Genus
Peperomia
Specific Epithet
emarginella
Authorship
(Sw. ex Wikstr.) C.DC.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 2.6
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.2
Global rank
#205,334 of 335,497
Top 62%
Extinction probability
9%
