Peperomia curticaulis
A little-known Peruvian peperomia described by Trelease, collected in the warm forests of the eastern Andean foothills in Huánuco, Junín and San Martín at about 340–1550 m. The specimens carry almost no habitat notes, so treat it as a warm, humid, shaded lowland-to-premontane forest plant; the name suggests a short-stemmed species.
Where it grows wild
Humid lowland and premontane rainforest on the eastern flank of the Peruvian Andes: near Tingo María (Huánuco), the Huallaga valley in San Martín, and around La Merced, San Ramón and the Pichis river in Junín. Specimen labels do not say whether it grew on the ground, on rocks or on trees.
Specimen labels give 340 m (Río Pichis), 395 m (San Martín), 672 m (near Tingo María), 700 m (La Merced) and 1550 m (above San Ramón).
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