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Peperomia blanda var. floribunda

Pikimato

Hairy Peperomia

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Hairy Peperomia

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Pikimato (RR MG AT MK MT AK)

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE ne.Australia - Micronesia - Melanesia - Pitcairn

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; S.Group (RR - lowland-montane; makatea islands - very common); Land, lowlands - mountains (++++)

SIGNIFICANCE LIST: Medicine

KEY FEATURES: A small erect fleshy herb to 50cm. Dark green, dull, with notable hairs on whole leaf. FLOWER stalk slender and long.

SIMILAR SPECIES: Peperomia X abscondita leaves semi-glossy (vs not glossy) and hairs minute (vs. hairs obvious).

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Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: Present Makatea: Present
RR	MG	AT	MK	MT	AK	PL	TK	MN
+++	+++	++++	++	++	++	-		-

Northern Group: -
TN	MH	RK	PK	NS	SW
-	-	-	-	-	-

Key to Symbols

blank	no data
-	absent	L	localised
X	extinct 'naturally'	W	widespread
XQi	quarantine intercepted	R	recent
XQe	eradicated	?	query preceding category
P	present	T?	taxonomic query
S	seasonal	nn	present, said to have no name
O	occasional	?1	present, name not investigated
++++	very common	?2	presence not verified, no name recorded
+++	common	N/A	absent, name not expected
++	uncommon
+	rare
Cook Islands islands: RR =Rarotonga, MG = Mangaia, AT =‘Ātiu, MK=Ma‘uke, MT=Miti‘āro, AK=Aitutaki, PL=Palmerston, PN=Penrhyn, MN=Manuae, TK=Takūtea, TN=Tongareva (TS=Tongaleva Spoken, TW=Tongareva Written, they say "el" but write "r"), MH=Manihiki, RK=Rakahanga, PK=Pukapuka, NS=Nassau, SW=Suwarrow. After a Polynesian name: ^=orthography query. Countries and other: FIJ=Fiji, WT=Wallis & Futuna, SAM=Samoa, TON=Tonga, NIU=Niue, CK=Cook Islands, CKM=Cook Islands Māori, FP=French Polynesia, AUS=Australs, SOC=Societies, TAH=Tahiti, TUA=Tuamotus, MQS=Marquesas, MNG=Mangareva, PIT=Pitcain group, EAS=Easter Island, HAW=Hawai‘i, NZ=New Zealand, NZM=New Zealand Māori

Scientific Taxonomy

Peperomia blanda var. floribunda Humboldt, Bonpland & Kunth
SYNONYMS: Peperomia blanda; Peperomia leptostachya

TAXONOMY: PLANTAE; ANTHOPHYTA (=Angiospermae); MAGNOLIOPSIDA (=Dicotyledones); MAGNOLIIDAE; Piperales; PIPERACEAE

More Information

GENERAL NOTE: Typically a herb on rocks. Stems pink to red.

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Rarotonga: 1 specimen (BPBM/169229), Maungaroa 1100ft, 6/1929, G.P.Wilder as Peperomia leptostachya reID J.Florence as Peperomia blanda var. floribunda; 1 specimen (BPBM/627965), Maungatea 1000ft, G.P.Wilder as Peperomia leptostachya reID J.Florence as Peperomia blanda var. floribunda. Mauke: 1 specimen (BPBM/495446), Kimiangatau on rock at edge of makatea forest, 4/1985, A.Whistler Peperomia leptostachya reID J.Florence as Peperomia blanda var. floribunda

References:
p.1029 Wagner et al.- Flowering Plants of Hawaii
p.2/079 A.C.Smith - Flora Vitiensis Nova

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB02, zM02, zD02

Web Resources

Citation Information

McCormack, Gerald (2007) Cook Islands Biodiversity Database, Version 2007.2. Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust, Rarotonga. Online at http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org.
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