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-Peperomia robusta G. Mathieu. A. General habit; B. Detail of node; C. Fruit (lateral view). [A, B: Mathieu 446, BR; C: Mathieu 485, BR] [Drawing: G. Mathieu]
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Three endemic Peperomia species from the eastern Malagasy rainforests are presented as new to science: Peperomia irrasa, P. robusta and P. variilimba. These novelties bring the number of accepted Peperomia species on Madagascar to 42.
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... One other Malagasy Peperomia shows leaves with a distinct emarginate leaf apex: P. thomeana C. DC., but that species shows alternate leaves. Peperomia irrasa is considered as belonging to Peperomia subg. Micropiper (Miq.) Miq., as it is the case with P. nicolliae and P. silvicola (Frenzke et al., 2015). Peperomia robusta G. Mathieu, sp. nov. (Fig. 2, 3). Peperomia robusta G. Mathieu differs by the pilose indument from P. portulacoides (Lam.) A. Dietr., an essentially glabrous species, and from P. pedunculata C. DC., of which the indument is characterized by short erect ...
