Peperomia hobbitoides
Wendt T. 2003. Peperomia hobbitoides (Piperaceae), a new species of karstophile from the rain forests of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mexico // Lundellia. 6: 37-43. (Описание: с. 37.)
Картинка: "A. Smaller plant (same scale as C). B. Detail of corm. C. Larger plant, with detail (right) of leave blade margin. D. Part of flowering portion of inflorescence/infructescence (rehydrated). E. Flower from abaxial (above) and lateral views. F. Flower with peltate floral bract removed, abaxial view. G. Part of fruiting portion of inflorescence/infructescence (drawn from dry material). H. Fruits, rehydrated (left) and dry (right). All drawn from the type collection by Bobbi Angell" (op. cit. p. 38).
Картинка из первоисточника, fig. 1.
Этимология: "The epithet "hobbitoides" refers to the similarities between plants of the new species and the hobbits of the literary works of British author J.R.R. Tolkien. Peperomia hobbitoides is a small and humble plant that lives in an almost fairyland-like environment of wet karst outcrops in rain forest, and it is strongly and faithfully tied to this home substrate. Indeed, it spends perhaps the greater part of the year in holes and depressions in the rock as a resting tuber. It is edible, an attribute of high esteem among hobbits. And, like the hobbits, its home is under threat by forces much larger than itself, in this case forest clearing, which has eliminated some forest types in the region and reduced the karst forests, and fires, which have severely affected parts of these karst forests." (op. cit., р. 40-41).
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