Piperaceae
Peperomia

Peperomia abyssinica Miq.

First published in London J. Bot. 4: 419 (1845)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Cameroon to Eritrea and Malawi, N. Yemen. It is a semisucculent subshrub or epiphyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Cameroon, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zaïre

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Edwards, S., Tadesse, M., Demissew, S. & Hedberg, I. (eds.) (2000). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 2(1): 1-532. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Fischer, E., Rembold, K., Althof, A. & Obholzer, J. (2010). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Kakamega forest, Western province, Kenya. Journal of East African Natural History 99: 129-226.
  • Miller, A.G. & Cope, T.A. (1996). Flora of the Arabian peninsula and Socotra 1: 1-586. Edinburgh university press.
  • Pope, G.V. (ed.) (1997). Flora Zambesiaca 9(2): 1-64. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Robyns, W. & al. (eds.) (1948-1963). Flore du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi 1-10.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (eds.) (2017). Flore du Gabon 50: 1-77. Muséum National D'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.
  • Timberlake, J.R., Bayliss, J., Alves, T., Francisco, J., Harris, T., Nangoma, D. & de Sousa, C. (2009). Biodiversity and Conservation of Mchese Mountain, Malawi. Report produced under the Darwin Initiative Award 15/036: 1-71. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Verdcourt, B. (1996). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Piperaceae: 1-24.
  • Wood, J.R.I. (1997). A handbook of the Yemen Flora: 1-434. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Fischer, E., Rembold, K., Althof, A. & Obholzer, J. (2010). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Kakamega forest, Western province, Kenya. Journal of East African Natural History 99: 129-226.
  • Timberlake, J.R., Bayliss, J., Alves, T., Francisco, J., Harris, T., Nangoma, D. & de Sousa, C. (2009). Biodiversity and Conservation of Mchese Mountain, Malawi. Report produced under the Darwin Initiative Award 15/036: 1-71. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Verdcourt, B. (1996). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Piperaceae: 1-24.
  • Wood, J.R.I. (1997). A handbook of the Yemen Flora: 1-434. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • A. Rich., Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 274 (1850).
  • Agnew, A.D.Q. & Agnew, S., Upland Kenya Wild Flowers, ed. 2: 48, t. 3 (1994).
  • Baker & C.H. Wright in Flora of Tropical Africa 6(1): 153 (1909).
  • Balle in Bulletin du Jardin Botanique de l'État a Bruxelles 16: 396 (1942)
  • Balle in Flore du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi, 1: 26 (1948).
  • C. DC. in DC., Prodr. 16(1): 405 (1869).
  • Düll in A. Engler, Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 93: 95, fig. 8 (1973).
  • Engl., Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr.: 188 (1892).
  • Miq. in Hook., Lond. Journ. Bot. 4: 419 (1845).
  • Robyns, Flore des Spermatophytes du Parc National Albert 1: 34 (1948).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2008 Luke et al. [10496] Tanzania K000449616 Yes
Jan 1, 2008 Luke et al. [10825] Kenya K000449615 Yes
Schimper, W.G. [1319] Ethiopia K000350427 Unknown Type Material Yes
Thorold, C.A. [17] Cameroon Peperomia stuhlmannii K:SPC-23291.000 No
Thorold, C.A. [13] Cameroon Peperomia stuhlmannii K:SPC-23292.000 No
Thorold, C.A. [14] Cameroon Peperomia stuhlmannii K:SPC-23700.000 No
Deighton, F.C. [5354] Sierra Leone Peperomia stuhlmannii K:SPC-22727.000 No
Peperomia goetzeana K:SPC-17460.000 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0