Peperomia mangalbaria (Piperaceae), a new species from Sikkim Himalaya, India Author Rai, Pramod 0000-0002-7086-992X Sirisay, Namchi, Sikkim, 737126, India & raip 7730 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 7086 - 992 X raip7730@gmail.com Author Mathieu, Guido 0000-0002-5499-0922 Peperomia Reference: http: // www. peperomia. net & guido. mathieu @ taxa. be; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 5499 - 0922 guido.mathieu@taxa.be text Phytotaxa 2023 2023-08-22 609 2 138 144 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.609.2.6 journal article 264168 10.11646/phytotaxa.609.2.6 1ebd96c3-e2d9-480c-9a61-3a75db68e63b 1179-3163 8272327
TABLE 1. Morphological comparison between P. mangalbaria and P. leptostachya.
P. mangalbariaP. leptostachya
Stem habitdecumbenterect
Stem indumentpuberulenttomentose
Leaf apexobtuse to roundedacute
Leaf indumentboth sides pubescent when young, then adaxially glabrescent or glabrousboth sides puberulous
Venationobscurely pinnatinervedconspicuously palmatinerved or plinerved
Spikeapex blunt, light greenapex acuminate, deep green