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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Mysterious Peperomia GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE Cook Islands (Pukapuka - not verified) COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native, Endemic of Cooks, 1-island, not verified; N.Group only (PK only - not verified); Land, coastal KEY FEATURES: Small branching herb to 15cm high. LEAVES alternate, obovate, to 50x20mm, base tapering, tip drawn-out and moderately sharp, edge smooth; stalk 8mm. INFLO. a slender spike to 50x2mm, w. stalk to 15mm.

Cook Islands Distribution

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

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

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

Vouchers:
Pukapuka: 2 specimens (HOLOTYPE BPBM/189993), coll. by Isidore, Whitney Expedition,pencilled label "Puka Puka ? Elev. 25ft (Feb. 26 1924 we were on Nassau) Collected by Isidore)" and typed label "Danger Islands? Pukapuka?, el.25ft., March? 1924, Whitney Expedition (by Isidore)" - indicating some original doubt about the date and location of the collection. The species has never been collected again. Sykes (pers.comm.) pointed out that there is a very similar endemic species on Tutuila, and maybe this specimen was collected in the Samoas. McCormack searched the 3 islets of Pukapuka during 3/2004 and failed to find any species of Peperomia. The atoll is typically about 4-5m elevation, although some man-made mounds are probably about 7-8m. (GM 4/2004) Probably a mistaken locality.

References:
None recorded.

Data Update History (information):
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