taxonID	type	description	language	source
1C1E87FBFFFFFFC9FF40FB49FAF8F93E.taxon	materials_examined	Type: — Brazil. Rio de Janeiro: “ Foreste delle Montagne d’Estrella ” (mountain forests of the Serra da Estrela). Lectotype (designated by Guimarães et al. 2023: 890): Raddi s. n. (PI 043378; isolectotype: FI 055252). Heterotypic synonym: — Peperomia pseudoestrellensis C. DC., Annuaire Conserv. Jard. Bot. Genève 2: 277. 1898. Lectotype (first-step lectotypification designated by Yuncker 1974: 144; second-step lectotypification, designated here: — BRAZIL: Rio de Janeiro, Estrella, 1844, Weddell 763 (P 00468101!; isolectotype P 00468102!).	en	Marcusso, Gabriel Mendes, Biral, Leonardo, Mathieu, Guido, Forzza, Rafaela Campostrini (2023): New names for the illegitimate Peperomia gracillima (Raddi) E. F. Guim., G. A. Queiroz & Delprete and P. plantaginifolia (Raddi) E. F. Guim., G. A. Queiroz & Delprete (Piperaceae). Phytotaxa 629 (1): 93-94, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.629.1.8, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.629.1.8
1C1E87FBFFFFFFC9FF40FB49FAF8F93E.taxon	distribution	Distribution: — Atlantic Forest of eastern Brazil, in the states of Bahia, Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Paraná, Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul (Carvalho-Silva et al. 2023).	en	Marcusso, Gabriel Mendes, Biral, Leonardo, Mathieu, Guido, Forzza, Rafaela Campostrini (2023): New names for the illegitimate Peperomia gracillima (Raddi) E. F. Guim., G. A. Queiroz & Delprete and P. plantaginifolia (Raddi) E. F. Guim., G. A. Queiroz & Delprete (Piperaceae). Phytotaxa 629 (1): 93-94, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.629.1.8, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.629.1.8
1C1E87FBFFFFFFC9FF40FB49FAF8F93E.taxon	etymology	Eponymy: — The specific epithet is dedicated to Dr. Elsie Franklin Guimarães, a prominent botanist of the Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro with decades of expertise in Piperaceae. Her extensive research in Brazilian Piperaceae served as the primary literature source for the first author when he embarked on his studies of Peperomia years ago.	en	Marcusso, Gabriel Mendes, Biral, Leonardo, Mathieu, Guido, Forzza, Rafaela Campostrini (2023): New names for the illegitimate Peperomia gracillima (Raddi) E. F. Guim., G. A. Queiroz & Delprete and P. plantaginifolia (Raddi) E. F. Guim., G. A. Queiroz & Delprete (Piperaceae). Phytotaxa 629 (1): 93-94, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.629.1.8, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.629.1.8
1C1E87FBFFFFFFC8FF40F8B5FE19FF3C.taxon	materials_examined	Type: — Brazil. Rio de Janeiro: “ Ritrovato come sopra ” (found in the locality of the previous species [Serra dos Orgãos]), s. d. [Nov 1817 – May 1818], Raddi s. n. (not traced).	en	Marcusso, Gabriel Mendes, Biral, Leonardo, Mathieu, Guido, Forzza, Rafaela Campostrini (2023): New names for the illegitimate Peperomia gracillima (Raddi) E. F. Guim., G. A. Queiroz & Delprete and P. plantaginifolia (Raddi) E. F. Guim., G. A. Queiroz & Delprete (Piperaceae). Phytotaxa 629 (1): 93-94, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.629.1.8, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.629.1.8
1C1E87FBFFFFFFC8FF40F8B5FE19FF3C.taxon	distribution	Distribution: — Peperomia obscura is endemic to Rio de Janeiro state, from the Atlantic Forest of Southeastern Brazil.	en	Marcusso, Gabriel Mendes, Biral, Leonardo, Mathieu, Guido, Forzza, Rafaela Campostrini (2023): New names for the illegitimate Peperomia gracillima (Raddi) E. F. Guim., G. A. Queiroz & Delprete and P. plantaginifolia (Raddi) E. F. Guim., G. A. Queiroz & Delprete (Piperaceae). Phytotaxa 629 (1): 93-94, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.629.1.8, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.629.1.8
1C1E87FBFFFFFFC8FF40F8B5FE19FF3C.taxon	etymology	Eponymy: — The specific epithet refers to the unclear identity of this taxon, which was established based only on the protologue, without a traced type.	en	Marcusso, Gabriel Mendes, Biral, Leonardo, Mathieu, Guido, Forzza, Rafaela Campostrini (2023): New names for the illegitimate Peperomia gracillima (Raddi) E. F. Guim., G. A. Queiroz & Delprete and P. plantaginifolia (Raddi) E. F. Guim., G. A. Queiroz & Delprete (Piperaceae). Phytotaxa 629 (1): 93-94, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.629.1.8, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.629.1.8
