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Peperomia
Peperomia (radiator plant) is one of the two large genera of the family Piperaceae, with more than 1000 recorded species. Most of them are compact, small perennial epiphytes growing on rotten wood. More than 1500 species have been recorded, occurring in all tropical and subtropical regions of the world, though concentrated in Central America and northern South America. A limited number of species (around 17) are found in Africa.
7 branches of this group, most-observed first
Pepper elder
speciesPeperomia pellucida
Peperomia pachystachya
speciesPeperomia pachystachya
Peperomia barbarana
speciesPeperomia barbarana
Peperomia paradoxa
speciesPeperomia paradoxa
Peperomia metallica
speciesPeperomia metallica
Peperomia reptilis
speciesPeperomia reptilis
Peperomia ankaranensis
speciesPeperomia ankaranensis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1046308.