Peperomia venezueliana is a species of herb and hemiepiphyte subshrub from the genus Peperomia. It grows in wet tropical biomes. It was discovered by Casimir de Candolle in 1866, in Venezuela.
Etymology Venezueliana came from the country "Venezuela". This refers to the species being discovered in Venezuela.
Distribution Peperomia venezueliana is native to Venezuela and Colombia. In Colombia, specimens can be found at an altitude of 1000–2300 meters. In Venezuela, specimens can be found at an altitude of 350-1250 meters.
Venezuela Carabobo Monagas Bolívar Amazonas Lara Quebrada de Oro Táchira Junín Quebrada Agua Blanca Aragua Colonia Tovar Yaracuy Sierra de Aroa Mérida Cerro El Toro Anzoátegui Miranda Sucre El Avila National Park Cojedes Ricaurte Falcón Guárico Trujillo Colombia Antioquia Envigado Betania Frontino Caldas Anorí Magdalena Santa Marta Sierra de Onaca Santander Río Suratá valley Meta La Macarena Tinigua National Park Norte de Santander Herrán
Peperomia longipes Colombia Magdalena Santa Marta Sierra de Ouaca
Peperomia ernstiana Venezuela Aragua
Description Leaves alternate, briefly petiolate, Oval lance, and Pointed tip. They are glabrous on both sides. It trails on the ground, dry stem, flattened, glabrous, and the edge of the leaves is 0,035.
Subtaxa These subtaxa following varieties are accepted.
Peperomia venezueliana var. aterrima
Peperomia venezueliana var. venezueliana
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