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Taxon:  Peperomia serpens (Sw.) G. Don



Summary
Genus:
Peperomia
Family:
Piperaceae
Nomen number:
462338
Place of publication:
J. C. Loudon, Hort. brit. ed. 1:13. 1830
Comment:
  • Loudon credits G. Don with authorship of "the Linnean Arrangement and its Supplement" of this work on p. iv of the Preface
Verified:
01/03/2011 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Piper serpens Sw.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Peperomia scandens Ruiz & Pav.
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Reference(s)
  1. Adams, C. Flowering plants of Jamaica. 1972
  2. Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45. 1993
  3. Burger, W. C., ed. Flora costaricensis. 1971-
  4. Forzza, R. C. et al., coord. Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource).
  5. Funk, V. et al. Checklist of the plants of the Guiana Shield (Venezuela: Amazonas, Bolivar, Delta Amacuro; Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana). Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 55:1-584. 2007
  6. Hokche, O. et al. Nuevo catálogo de la flora vascular de Venezola. 2008
  7. Howard, R. Flora of the lesser Antilles. 1974-1989
  8. Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez, eds. Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75. 1999
  9. Jardín Botánico Nacional. Flora de la República de Cuba. 1998-
  10. Liogier, H. A. Descriptive flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands. 1984-
  11. Mathieu, G., ed. Taxonomic repertory of the genus Peperomia (on-line resource). 2001-
  12. Nelson, C. H. N. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Honduras. 2008
  13. Stevens, W. D. et al., eds. Flora de Nicaragua. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 85(1-3). 2001
  14. Steyermark, J. A. et al., eds. Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana. 1995-
  15. Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds. Flora of Panama. 1943-1980
  16. Zuloaga, F. O. & O. Morrone, eds. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de la República Argentina. I. Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae y Angiospermae (Monocotyledonae), II. Dicotyledonae. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 60, 74. 1996, 1999
Common names
Swedish
ormpeperomia –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazil  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanCuba  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanGrenada  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanHispaniola  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanJamaica  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanMontserrat  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanPuerto Rico  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanSt. Kitts and NevisSt. Kitts 
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanSt. Lucia  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanSt. Vincent and GrenadinesSt. Vincent 
1NativeSouthern AmericaMesoamericaCosta Rica  
1NativeSouthern AmericaMesoamericaGuatemala  
1NativeSouthern AmericaMesoamericaHonduras  
1NativeSouthern AmericaMesoamericaNicaragua  
1NativeSouthern AmericaMesoamericaPanama  
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaFrench Guiana  
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaGuyana  
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaSuriname  
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaVenezuela  
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentinaMisiones 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaBolivia  
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaColombia  
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaEcuador  
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeru  
Native
Southern America
  • BRAZIL: Brazil
  • CARIBBEAN: Hispaniola, Cuba, Grenada, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis [St. Kitts], St. Lucia, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, St. Vincent and Grenadines [St. Vincent]
  • MESOAMERICA: Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama
  • NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela
  • SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina [Misiones]
  • WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=462338. Accessed 15 December 2025.

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