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Peperomia

Peperomia
Family: Piperaceae
Peperomia image
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David E. Boufford in Flora of North America (vol. 3)
Herbs , annual or perennial, erect, decumbent, or prostrate, terrestrial or epiphytic, glabrous or pubescent, sometimes glandular-dotted. Leaves alternate, opposite, or whorled, glabrous or pubescent, or glandular. Leaf blade conspicuously or inconspicuously veined, lateral veins ascending-arching, or inconspicuous, tertiary veins apparently absent or very faint. Spikes terminal, terminal and axillary, or opposite leaves, densely to loosely flowered. Flowers sessile, borne on surface or in pitlike depressions of rachis, floral bracts glabrous or glandular-dotted; stamens 2, attached at base of ovary; stigma 1, sometimes cleft. Fruits sessile or stipitate, globose, ovoid, oblong, or pyriform, surface warty, minutely reticulate, or faintly striate, ± viscid; beak mammiform or elongate, straight, bent, or hooked.

Many species of Peperomia are used as houseplants, greenhouse plants, and, in warm regions, garden plants.

In addition to the species below, Peperomia simplex Hamilton has been attributed to southern Florida, but no verifying specimens have been seen. A single specimen of Peperomia emarginella (Swartz ex Wikström) C. de Candolle is in the herbarium of the New York Botanical Garden. The specimen may be from southeastern United States.

Species within inventory project: Arizona Flora || << 1 - 50 taxa >>
Peperomia abdita
Media resource of Peperomia abdita
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Peperomia abyssinica
Media resource of Peperomia abyssinica
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Peperomia aceramarcana
Media resource of Peperomia aceramarcana
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Peperomia aceroana
Media resource of Peperomia aceroana
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Peperomia acuminata
Media resource of Peperomia acuminata
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Peperomia adscendens
Media resource of Peperomia adscendens
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Peperomia adsurgens
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not available
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Peperomia agusanensis
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not available
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Peperomia alata
Media resource of Peperomia alata
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Peperomia albert-smithii
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not available
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Peperomia albidiflora
Media resource of Peperomia albidiflora
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Peperomia albispica
Media resource of Peperomia albispica
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Peperomia albovittata
Media resource of Peperomia albovittata
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Peperomia alpina
Media resource of Peperomia alpina
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Peperomia alternifolia
Media resource of Peperomia alternifolia
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Peperomia amnicola
Media resource of Peperomia amnicola
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Peperomia amphitricha
Media resource of Peperomia amphitricha
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Peperomia ampla
Media resource of Peperomia ampla
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Peperomia amplexicaulis
Media resource of Peperomia amplexicaulis
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Peperomia andrei
Media resource of Peperomia andrei
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Peperomia angustata
Media resource of Peperomia angustata
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Peperomia antioquiensis
Media
not available
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Peperomia antoni
Media resource of Peperomia antoni
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Peperomia antoniana
Media resource of Peperomia antoniana
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Peperomia arboricola
Media resource of Peperomia arboricola
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Peperomia arechavaletae
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not available
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Peperomia areolata
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not available
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Peperomia argumentosa
Media resource of Peperomia argumentosa
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Peperomia argyreia
Media resource of Peperomia argyreia
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Peperomia arifolia
Media resource of Peperomia arifolia
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Peperomia armadana
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not available
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Peperomia armondii
Media resource of Peperomia armondii
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Peperomia arthurii
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not available
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Peperomia asarifolia
Media resource of Peperomia asarifolia
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Peperomia asperula
Media resource of Peperomia asperula
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Peperomia astyla
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not available
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Peperomia aurorana
Media resource of Peperomia aurorana
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Peperomia austin-smithii
Media resource of Peperomia austin-smithii
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Peperomia balansana
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not available
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Peperomia bangroana
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not available
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Peperomia barbarana
Media resource of Peperomia barbarana
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Peperomia barbata
Media resource of Peperomia barbata
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Peperomia baueriana
Media resource of Peperomia baueriana
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Peperomia bella
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not available
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Peperomia berlandieri
Media resource of Peperomia berlandieri
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Peperomia bernoullii
Media resource of Peperomia bernoullii
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Peperomia bethaniana
Media resource of Peperomia bethaniana
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Peperomia biamenta
Media resource of Peperomia biamenta
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Peperomia bicolor
Media
not available
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Peperomia blanda
Media resource of Peperomia blanda
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