Peperomia truncicola
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Magnoliids
Order:	Piperales
Family:	Piperaceae
Genus:	Peperomia
Species:	P. truncicola
Binomial name
Peperomia truncicola C.DC.

Peperomia truncicola is a species of epiphyte in the genus Peperomia. ^{[1] [2]} It primarily grows on wet tropical biomes. ^[1] Its Conservation Status is Not Threatened. ^[3]

Description

The first specimens where collected at Betsileo . ^[4]

Auxiliary catkins, upper leaves filiform laxiflorus, rhachis glabrous orbicular bract sessile centre, ovary ovate apex sub-oblique stigmatiferous, alternating leaves moderately petiolate, narrowly lanceolate, base cuneate, apex acuminate above and below glabrous, apex margin eiliolate 5-veined, berry glabrous elliptic anteriorly convex posteriorly suberect. ^[4]

Herbs on mossy tree trunks. When dry, the sparsely long stems are roughly 10 centimetres long and 2 millimetres thick, with terrible rooting above the roots. At the stem's apex, the leaves are compressed. 6+1⁄2 inches long and 1+1⁄2 inches wide, wrap in cling film. About a centimetre long petiole. Peduncles measuring 4 1/2 cm in length. About 6 1/2 centimetres long, the catfish. The berry is somewhat less than one millimetre in length. ^[4]

Taxonomy and naming

It was described in 1894 by Casimir de Candolle in " Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie [ es].", from collected specimens by Johann Maria Hildebrandt in 1881. ^{[1] [5]} It gets its name from wikt:trunci + wikt:-cola, which means tree trunk inhabitor. ^[4]

Distribution and habitat

It is endemic to Madagascar. ^{[1] [2]} It grows on epiphyte environment and is a herb. ^{[1] [4]}

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