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radiator plants
Peperomia
Peperomia (radiator plant) is one of the 2 large genera of the Piperaceae family, 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.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Micropiper
subgenusMicropiper
Peperomia
subgenusPeperomia
Pseudocupula
subgenusPseudocupula
Oxyrhynchum
subgenusOxyrhynchum
Leptorhynchum
subgenusLeptorhynchum
Tildenia
subgenusTildenia
Multipalmata
subgenusMultipalmata
Peperomia japonica
speciesPeperomia japonica
Watermelon Peperomia
speciesPeperomia argyraea
Pleurocarpidium
subgenusPleurocarpidium
Peperomia san-joseana
speciesPeperomia san-joseana
window-leaved peperomias
subgenusFenestratae
Peperomia galapagensis
speciesPeperomia galapagensis
Hispidulae
subgenusHispidulae
Peperomia increscens
speciesPeperomia increscens
Erasmia
subgenusErasmia
Peperomia polybotrya
speciesPeperomia polybotrya
Peperomia distachyos
speciesPeperomia distachyos
Peperomia macrostachyos
speciesPeperomia macrostachyos
Panicularia
subgenusPanicularia
Peperomia tristachya
speciesPeperomia tristachya
Peperomia graveolens
speciesPeperomia graveolens
Peperomia flexinervia
speciesPeperomia flexinervia
Peperomia rubrivenosa
speciesPeperomia rubrivenosa
Peperomia exigua
speciesPeperomia exigua
Peperomia mariannensis
speciesPeperomia mariannensis
Peperomia cordulatiformis
speciesPeperomia cordulatiformis
Perlucida
subgenusPerlucida
Peperomia doellii
speciesPeperomia doellii
Peperomia amphitricha
speciesPeperomia amphitricha
Peperomia nakaharae
speciesPeperomia nakaharae
Peperomia ubate-susanensis
speciesPeperomia ubate-susanensis
Peperomia santanderana
speciesPeperomia santanderana
Peperomia subalata
speciesPeperomia subalata
Peperomia fruticetorum
speciesPeperomia fruticetorum
Peperomia expallescens
speciesPeperomia expallescens
Peperomia parastriata
speciesPeperomia parastriata
Peperomia rubricaulis
speciesPeperomia rubricaulis
Phyllobryon
subgenusPhyllobryon
Peperomia cubensis
speciesPeperomia cubensis
Peperomia petrophila
speciesPeperomia petrophila
Peperomia obovatilimba
speciesPeperomia obovatilimba
Peperomia balbisii
speciesPeperomia balbisii
Peperomia pseudohirta
speciesPeperomia pseudohirta
Peperomia variilimba
speciesPeperomia variilimba
Peperomia calvifolia
speciesPeperomia calvifolia
Peperomia ligustrina
speciesPeperomia ligustrina
Peperomia perciliata
speciesPeperomia perciliata
Peperomia verticillatispica
speciesPeperomia verticillatispica
Peperomia naranjoana
speciesPeperomia naranjoana
Peperomia amplexicaulis
speciesPeperomia amplexicaulis
Peperomia longisetosa
speciesPeperomia longisetosa
Peperomia tenae
speciesPeperomia tenae
Peperomia subrenifolia
speciesPeperomia subrenifolia
Peperomia san-carlosiana
speciesPeperomia san-carlosiana
Peperomia bellendenkerensis
speciesPeperomia bellendenkerensis
Peperomia laxiflora
speciesPeperomia laxiflora
Peperomia talinifolia
speciesPeperomia talinifolia
Peperomia tetraquetra
speciesPeperomia tetraquetra
Peperomia bradei
speciesPeperomia bradei
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 123622.