Peperomia
Peperomia is the 2nd largest genus of the family Piperaceae with 1373 accepted species. They are found in tropical and subtropical regions, most are native to Central and South America.
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Peperomia Plants List
- Peperomia andina
- Peperomia antoniana
- Peperomia argyreia
- Peperomia asperula
- Peperomia bangroana
- Peperomia berteroana
- Peperomia blanda
- Peperomia blanda var. floribunda
- Peperomia boivinii
- Peperomia bracteata
- Peperomia cereoides
- Peperomia clusiifolia
- Peperomia columella
- Peperomia congesta
- Peperomia congona
- Peperomia cubensis
- Peperomia deppeana
- Peperomia dolabriformis
- Peperomia dolabriformis var. grandis
- Peperomia dolabriformis var. lombardii
- Peperomia eburnea
- Peperomia emarginella
- Peperomia fagerlindii
- Peperomia ferreyrae
- Peperomia flexicaulis
- Peperomia galapagensis
- Peperomia galioides
- Peperomia glabella
- Peperomia graveolens
- Peperomia griseo-argentea
- Peperomia hartwegiana
- Peperomia hirta
- Peperomia hispidula
- Peperomia hoffmannii
- Peperomia hunteriana
- Peperomia hutchisonii
- Peperomia hylophilla
- Peperomia inaequalifolia
- Peperomia incana
- Peperomia jalcaensis
- Peperomia jamesoniana var. longifolia
- Peperomia japonica
- Peperomia kimnachii
- Peperomia lanuginosa
- Peperomia macrostachyos
- Peperomia maculosa
- Peperomia magnoliifolia
- Peperomia maijeri
- Peperomia marmorata
- Peperomia maypurensis
- Peperomia meridana
- Peperomia metallica
- Peperomia microphylla
- Peperomia monticola
- Peperomia naviculaefolia
- Peperomia nitida
- Peperomia nivalis
- Peperomia obtusifolia
- Peperomia pecuniifolia
- Peperomia pellucida
- Peperomia perciliata
- Peperomia pereskiifolia
- Peperomia peruviana
- Peperomia polybotrya
- Peperomia polycephala
- Peperomia prostrata
- Peperomia pseudovariegata var. sarcophylla
- Peperomia quadrangularis
- Peperomia resediflora
- Peperomia rotundifolia
- Peperomia rugosa
- Peperomia serpens
- Peperomia sincorana
- Peperomia strawii
- Peperomia tetragona
- Peperomia tetraphylla
- Peperomia trifolia
- Peperomia trinervis
- Peperomia trinervula
- Peperomia turboensis
- Peperomia urocarpa
- Peperomia urvilleana
- Peperomia velutina
- Peperomia verschaffeltii
- Peperomia verticillata
- Peperomia vestita var. lindenii
- Peperomia villicaulis
- Peperomia wolfgang-krahnii
- Peperomia acuminata 'Variegata'
- Peperomia argyreia 'Costa Rica'
- Peperomia argyreia 'Variegata'
- Peperomia caperata 'Brasilia'
- Peperomia caperata 'Abricos'
- Peperomia caperata 'Black Ripple'
- Peperomia caperata 'Burbella'
- Peperomia caperata 'Lilian'
- Peperomia caperata 'Luna Red'
- Peperomia caperata 'Moonlight'
- Peperomia caperata 'Pink Lady'
- Peperomia caperata 'Pink Lady Variegata'
- Peperomia caperata 'Quito'
- Peperomia caperata ‘Ripple Variegata’
- Peperomia caperata 'Shumi Red'
- Peperomia caperata 'Silver Ripple'
- Peperomia caperata 'Teresa'
- Peperomia clusiifolia 'Black Knight'
- Peperomia clusiifolia 'Tricolor'
- Peperomia clusiifolia 'Variegata'
- Peperomia cubensis 'Variegata'
- Peperomia × Eden Rosso
- Peperomia 'Frost'
- Peperomia 'Fuzzy Mistery'
- Peperomia glabella 'Red Stem'
- Peperomia griseo-argentea 'Blackie'
- Peperomia griseo-argentea 'Wavy Gravy'
- Peperomia argyreia 'Harmony’s Gold Dust Woman'
- Peperomia rugosa 'Harmony’s Great Pumpkin'
- Peperomia caperata ‘Harmony’s Midnight Wave’
- Peperomia × Little Toscani
- Peperomia marmorata 'Silver Heart'
- Peperomia caperata 'Mendoza'
- Peperomia meridana 'Variegata'
- Peperomia metallica 'Colombiana'
- Peperomia metallica 'Narrow Form'
- Peperomia 'Milano'
- Peperomia × Napoli Nights
- Peperomia nitida 'Crane's Flecked'
- Peperomia nitida 'Variegata'
- Peperomia obtusifolia 'Golden Cais'
- Peperomia obtusifolia 'Golden Gate'
- Peperomia obtusifolia 'Green Gold'
- Peperomia obtusifolia 'Lime Green'
- Peperomia obtusifolia 'Marble'
- Peperomia obtusifolia 'Red Canyon'
- Peperomia obtusifolia 'Variegata'
- Peperomia orba 'Pixie'
- Peperomia orba 'Pixie Lime'
- Peperomia orba ‘Silver Shadow'
- Peperomia orba 'Variegata'
- Peperomia 'Peppermill'
- Peperomia 'Pepperspot'
- Peperomia albovittata 'Piccolo Banda'
- Peperomia polybotrya 'Variegata'
- Peperomia albovittata 'Rana Verde'
- Peperomia albovittata 'Rana Verde Variegata'
- Peperomia × Red Log
- Peperomia × Red Rosso
- Peperomia resediflora 'Variegata'
- Peperomia 'Ruby Cascade'
- Peperomia rugosa 'Aussie Gold'
- Peperomia rugosa 'Equador'
- Peperomia × San Marino
- Peperomia 'Santorini'
- Peperomia Saksun
- Peperomia caperata 'Steve’s Leaves Chameleon'
- Peperomia × Sunrise
- Peperomia velutina 'Bicolor'
- Peperomia verticillata 'Belly Button'
- Peperomia acuminata
- Peperomia albovittata
- Peperomia caperata
- Peperomia dolabriformis 'Variegata'
- Peperomia dolabriformis var. glaucescens
- Peperomia caespitosa
- Peperomia 'Silver Bandit'
- Peperomia sp. Morro de Capao
- Peperomia nivalis var. lepadiphylla
- Peperomia orba
- Peperomia angustata 'Variegata'
- Peperomia guttulata
- Peperomia caperata 'Cayenne'
- Peperomia caperata 'Buenos Aires'
- Peperomia caperata 'Montevideo'
- Peperomia caperata 'Caracas'
- Peperomia caperata 'Amazonas'
- Peperomia fraseri
- Peperomia 'Green Bubble'
- Peperomia 'Royal Princess'
- Peperomia obtusifolia 'Burning Bush'
- Peperomia caperata 'Chocolate'
- Peperomia caperata 'Burgundy'
- Peperomia albovittata 'Mystique'
- Peperomia argyreia 'Ice Queen'
Peperomia Plants
Peperomia andina
Named by: Guillermo Pino (2004)
Native Area: Peru
*: ‘andina’ means of or from the Andes
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Peperomia antoniana
Named by: William Trelease (1936)
Native Area: Ecuador, Peru
Peperomia argyreia
Synonyms: Peperomia arifolia var. argyreia, Peperomia sandersii
Trade Names: Peperomia argyreia, Peperomia 'Watermelon', Peperomia sandersii
Common Names: Watermelon Peperomia
Named by: Charles Jacques Édouard Morren (1867)
Native Area: Northeast and Southeast Brazil
*: ‘argyreia’ is from ‘argyro’ (silver in greek)
Cultivars and Hybrids: Peperomia argyreia 'Costa Rica', Peperomia argyreia 'Harmony’s Gold Dust Woman', Peperomia argyreia 'Variegata'
Peperomia asperula
Named by: Paul Clifford Hutchison and Werner Rauh (1975)
Native Area: Peru
*: ‘asperula’ means rough
Peperomia bangroana
Named by: Anne Casimir Pyramus de Candolle
Native Area: Africa
Peperomia berteroana
Named by: Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel (1843)
Native Area: Juan Fernández Is.
*: ‘berteroana’ name from Carlo Giuseppe Bertero, Italian botanist
Peperomia blanda
Named by: Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel (1988)
Peperomia blanda var. floribunda
Named by: Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel (1988)
Peperomia boivinii
Named by: Anne Casimir Pyramus de Candolle (1866)
Native Area: Comoros
*: ‘boivinii’ means named after Louis Hyacinthe Boivin, botanist
Peperomia bracteata
Trade Names: Peperomia campylotropa
Named by: Arthur William Hill (1907)
Native Area: Guatemala, Mexico
*: ‘bracteata’ means having bracts (leaves beneath the flower)
Peperomia cereoides
Named by: Guillermo Pino and Nelson Cieza (2003)
Native Area: Peru
*: ‘cereoides’ means resembler a candle or torch
Peperomia clusiifolia
Named by: William Jackson Hooker (1823)
Native Area: Jamaica
*: 'clusiifolia' means having leaves similar to Clusia
Cultivars and Hybrids: Peperomia clusiifolia 'Black Knight', Peperomia clusiifolia 'Variegata'
Peperomia columella
Named by: Werner Rauh and Paul Clifford Hutchison (1973)
Native Area: Peru
*: ‘columella’ means columnar
Peperomia congesta
Named by: Karl Sigismund Kunth (1816)
Native Area: Peru
*: 'congesta' means congested or crowded
Peperomia congona
Named by: Luis Sodiro (1900)
Native Area: Ecuador, Peru
Peperomia cubensis
Named by: Anne Casimir Pyramus de Candolle (1866)
Native Area: Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica
Cultivars and Hybrids: Peperomia cubensis 'Variegata'
Peperomia deppeana
Named by: Diederich Franz Leonhard von Schlechtendal and Ludolf Karl Adelbert von Chamisso (1830)
Native Area: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru
*: 'deppeana' means it is named for Ferdinand Deppe, German botanist
Peperomia dolabriformis
Named by: Karl Sigismund Kunth
Native Area: Ecuador, Peru
*: 'dolabriformis' means having hatchet-shaped leaves
Peperomia dolabriformis var. grandis
Named by: Guillermo Pino and Olivier Klopfenstein (2005)
Native Area: Peru
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Peperomia dolabriformis var. lombardii
Named by: Guillermo Pino (2008)
Native Area: Peru
Peperomia eburnea
Named by: Jean Jules Linden (1871)
Native Area: Colombia, Ecuador
Peperomia emarginella
Named by: Anne Casimir Pyramus de Candolle (1869)
Native Area: Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Florida, French Guiana, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Windward Is.
Peperomia fagerlindii
Named by: Truman George Yuncker (1956)
Native Area: Ecuador
Peperomia ferreyrae
Trade Names: Peperomia 'Happy Bean'
Named by: Truman George Yuncker (1956)
Native Area: Peru
Peperomia flexicaulis
Named by: Heinrich Wawra (1862)
Native Area: Brazil
*: 'flexicaulis' means having bent, flexed stems
Peperomia galapagensis
Named by: Joseph Dalton Hooker (1845)
Native Area: Galápagos
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Peperomia galioides
Named by: Karl Sigismund Kunth (1816)
Native Area: Mexico, South America
*: 'galioides' means having leaves resembling Galium
Peperomia glabella
Named by: Albert Gottfried Dietrich (1831)
Native Area: South America
*: 'glabella' means having glabrous (smooth) leaves
Cultivars and Hybrids: Peperomia glabella 'Red Stem'
Peperomia graveolens
Trade Names: Peperomia 'Ruby Glow'
Named by: Werner Rauh and Wilhelm A. Barthlott (1975)
Native Area: Ecuador
*: 'graveolens' means having strong, unpleasent smell
Peperomia griseo-argentea
Named by: Truman George Yuncker (1958)
Native Area: Brazil
*: 'griseo-argetea' means silvery-gray
Cultivars and Hybrids: Peperomia griseo-argentea 'Blackie', Peperomia griseo-argentea 'Wavy Gravy'
Peperomia hartwegiana
Named by: Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel (1845)
Native Area: Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela
*: 'hartwegiana' means named after Karl Theodor Hartweg
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Peperomia hirta
Named by: Anne Casimir Pyramus de Candolle (1869)
Native Area: Belize, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panamá
*: 'hirta' means hairy
Peperomia hispidula
Named by: Albert Gottfried Dietrich
Native Area: Central and South America
*: 'hispidula' means finely bristled
Peperomia hoffmannii
Common Names: Peperomia Isabella
Named by: Anne Casimir Pyramus de Candolle (1866)
Native Area: Costa Rica
*: 'hoffmannii' is named after Ralph Hoffmann, botanist
Peperomia hunteriana
Trade Names: Peperomia hunteriana, Peperomia enervis
Named by: Paul Irwin Forster (1991)
Native Area: Queensland
Peperomia hutchisonii
Named by: Truman George Yuncker (1961)
Native Area: Peru
Peperomia hylophilla
Named by: Anne Casimir Pyramus de Candolle (1899)
Native Area: Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panamá
Peperomia inaequalifolia
Named by: Hipólito Ruiz López and José Antonio Pavon (1798)
Native Area: Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
Peperomia incana
Synonyms: Piper incanum
Named by: Adrian Hardy Haworth (1823)
Native Area: Northest and Southeast Brazil
*: 'incana' means hairy, hoary, grey or silver colored
Peperomia jalcaensis
Named by: Guillermo Pino (2011)
Native Area: Peru
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Peperomia jamesoniana var. longifolia
Named by: William Trelease and Truman George Yuncker (1950)
Native Area: Colombia
*: 'longifolia' means long leaves
Peperomia japonica
Named by: Tomitarô Makino (1901)
Native Area: Ryukyu Islands, Japan
*: 'japonica' means from Japan
Peperomia kimnachii
Named by: Werner Rauh (2000)
Native Area: Bolivia
Peperomia lanuginosa
Named by: Guillermo Pino (2004)
Native Area: Peru
*: 'lanuginosa' means woolly, downy
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Peperomia macrostachyos
Trade Names: Peperomia elongata
Named by: Albert Gottfried Dietrich (1831)
Native Area: Mexico and South America
*: 'macrostachyos' from greek macros (large) and stachys (spike)
Peperomia maculosa
Trade Names: Peperomia maculosa, Peperomia ‘Xiang Cao’
Named by: William Jackson Hooker (1824)
Native Area: Bolivia, Brazil North, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Puerto Rico, Venezuela
*: 'maculosa' means spotted
Peperomia magnoliifolia
Named by: Albert Gottfried Dietrich (1831)
Native Area: Mexico, South America
*: 'magnoliifolia' means having leaves like Magnolia
Peperomia maijeri
Named by: Guillermo Pino and Marie-Stéphanie Samain (2012)
Native Area: Peru
Peperomia marmorata
Named by: Joseph Dalton Hooker (1866)
Native Area: Brazil Southeast
*: 'marmorata' means marbled
Cultivars and Hybrids: Peperomia × Eden Rosso, Peperomia marmorata 'Silver Heart'
Peperomia maypurensis
Named by: Karl Sigismund Kunth (1816)
Native Area: North Brazil, Peru, Venezuela
Peperomia meridana
Named by: Truman George Yuncker (1961)
Native Area: Venezuela
Cultivars and Hybrids: Peperomia meridana 'Variegata'
Peperomia metallica
Named by: Lucien Linden and Émile Rodigas (1892)
*: 'metallica' means metalic
Cultivars and Hybrids: Peperomia metallica 'Colombiana', Peperomia metallica 'Narrow Form', Peperomia × Eden Rosso
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Peperomia microphylla
Named by: Karl Sigismund Kunth (1816)
Native Area: Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela
*: 'microphylla' means small leaf
Peperomia monticola
Named by: Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel
Native Area: Mexico
*: 'monticola' means Mountain dweller
Peperomia nitida
Trade Names: Peperomia serpens
Named by: Gustav Adolf Hugo Dahlstedt (1900)
Native Area: Argentina, Brazil
*: 'nitida' means shinny, glossy
Cultivars and Hybrids: Peperomia nitida 'Crane's Flecked', Peperomia nitida 'Variegata'
Peperomia nivalis
Named by: Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel (1843)
Native Area: Peru
*: 'nivalis' means growing in or near snow, or referring to the white color
Peperomia obtusifolia
Named by: Albert Gottfried Dietrich
Native Area: Mexico, South America
Cultivars and Hybrids: Peperomia obtusifolia 'Golden Cais', Peperomia obtusifolia 'Golden Gate', Peperomia obtusifolia 'Green Gold', Peperomia obtusifolia 'Lime Green', Peperomia obtusifolia 'Marble', Peperomia obtusifolia 'Red Canyon', Peperomia obtusifolia 'Red Edge', Peperomia obtusifolia 'Variegata'
Peperomia pecuniifolia
Trade Names: Peperomia 'Hope'
Named by: William Trelease, Paul Carpenter Standley
Native Area: Guatemala, Mexico
Peperomia pellucida
Named by: Karl Sigismund Kunth (1816)
Native Area: South America, Africa
*: 'pellucida' means transparent
Peperomia perciliata
Named by: Truman George Yuncker (1950)
Native Area: Colombia
Peperomia pereskiifolia
Named by: Karl Sigismund Kunth, Nicolaus Joseph von Jacquin (1816)
Native Area: Belize, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela
Peperomia peruviana
Named by: Gustav Adolf Hugo Dahlstedt (1900)
Native Area: Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela
*: 'peruviana' means from Peru
Peperomia polybotrya
Common Names: Raindrop Peperomia
Named by: Karl Sigismund Kunth (1816)
Native Area: Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
*: 'polybotrya' from the Greek polys (many) and botrys (bunch), referring to the clusters of sporangia on the fronds
Cultivars and Hybrids: Peperomia polybotrya 'Variegata'
Peperomia polycephala
Named by: William Trelease (1936)
Native Area: Peru
*: 'polycephala' means many-headed
Peperomia prostrata
Named by: Williams (1879)
Native Area: Ecuador
*: 'prostrata' means growing along the ground
Peperomia pseudovariegata var. sarcophylla
Synonyms: Peperomia sarcophylla
Trade Names: Peperomia sarcophylla
Named by: William Trelease and Truman George Yuncker (1950)
Native Area: Colombia, Ecuador
*: 'sarcophylla' means flesh leaf
Peperomia quadrangularis
Synonyms: Peperomia angulata
Trade Names: Peperomia quadrangularis, Peperomia angulata, Peperomia ‘Beetle’, Peperomia ‘Diamond’ and Peperomia ‘Rocca Verde’
Named by: Albert Gottfried Dietrich
Native Area: Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, French Guiana, Guyana, Panamá, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela
*: 'quadrangularis' means four-angled
Peperomia resediflora
Synonyms: Peperomia fraseri var. resediflora
Trade Names: Peperomia resediflora, Peperomia fraseri
Named by: Anne Casimir Pyramus de Candolle (1866)
Native Area: Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
Cultivars and Hybrids: Peperomia resediflora 'Variegata'
Peperomia rotundifolia
Named by: Karl Sigismund Kunth (1815)
Native Area: South America
*: 'rotundifolia' means round leaf
Peperomia rugosa
Named by: Cornelis Christiaan Berg, Erik Albert Mennega and Jan Tolsma (1978)
Native Area: Ecuador
*: 'rugosa' means wrinkled
Cultivars and Hybrids: Peperomia rugosa 'Aussie Gold', Peperomia rugosa 'Equador'
Peperomia serpens
Trade Names: Peperomia rotundifolia, Peperomia serpens
Named by: Anne Casimir Pyramus de Candolle (1866)
Native Area: Mexico and South America
*: 'serpens' if from latin word for snake, possibly referring to the creeping habit or distinctive markings on the flower
Peperomia sincorana
Named by: Anne Casimir Pyramus de Candolle (1917)
Native Area: Northeast Brazil
Peperomia strawii
Named by: Paul Clifford Hutchison, Guillermo Pino and Olivier Klopfenstein (2004)
Native Area: El Salvador, Peru
*: 'stawii' means named after Richard Myron Straw, botanist
Peperomia tetragona
Synonyms: Peperomia puteolata
Common Names: Parallel Peperomia
Named by: William Trelease (1936)
Native Area: Peru, Western South America, Southern America
*: 'tetragona' means four-angled
Peperomia tetraphylla
Named by: William Jackson Hooker (1832)
Native Area: Americas, Africa, Asia, Australia, New Zealand
*: 'tetraphylla' means four-leaved
Peperomia trifolia
Named by: Albert Gottfried Dietrich (1831)
Native Area: Leeward Is., Peru, Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Is.
*: 'trifolia' means three leaves, each leaf divided into three parts
Peperomia trinervis
Named by: Hipólito Ruiz López and José Antonio Pavon (1798)
Native Area: Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela
*: 'trinervis' means three-nerved
Peperomia trinervula
Trade Names: Peperomia trinervula ‘Amigo Marcelo’, Peperomia ‘Amigo Marcelo’
Named by: Anne Casimir Pyramus de Candolle (1869)
Native Area: Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Honduras, Panamá, Peru, Venezuela
Peperomia turboensis
Trade Names: Peperomia turboensis, Peperomia buntingii
Named by: Truman George Yuncker (1950)
Native Area: Colombia, Venezuela
Peperomia urocarpa
Named by: Friedrich Ernst Ludwig von Fischer and Carl Anton von Meyer
Native Area: South America
Peperomia urvilleana
Named by: Achille Richard
Native Area: Fiji, Kermadec Is., New Caledonia, New Zealand, Norfolk Is., Samoa, Solomon Is., Vanuatu
*: 'urvilleana' means named after JSC Dumont d'Urville, botanist
Peperomia velutina
Named by: Ignatz Urban (1899)
Native Area: Colombia and Ecuador
*: 'velutina' means velvety
Cultivars and Hybrids: Peperomia velutina 'Bicolor'
Peperomia verschaffeltii
Trade Names: Peperomia 'Mini Watermelon'
Named by: Charles Lemaire (1869)
Native Area: Peru
*: 'verschaffeltii' means named after Ambroise Alexandre Verschaffelt, botanical artist
Peperomia verticillata
Synonyms: Peperomia rubella
Named by: Albert Gottfried Dietrich
Native Area: Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica
*: 'verticillata' means whorl (arrangement of leaves, sepals, petals, stamens, or carpels that radiate from a single point and surround or wrap around the stem or stalk)
Cultivars and Hybrids: Peperomia verticillata 'Belly Button'
Peperomia vestita var. lindenii
Trade Names: Peperomia liadensis, Peperomia 'Velvetree'
Named by: Werner Rauh (2000)
Native Area: Bolivia
*: 'vestita' means clothed, dressed, 'lindenii' means named after Jean-Jules Linden
Peperomia villicaulis
Trade Names: Peperomia villacaulus
Named by: Anne Casimir Pyramus de Candolle (1908)
Native Area: Peru
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Peperomia wolfgang-krahnii
Named by: Werner Rauh (1986)
Native Area: Peru
Peperomia acuminata 'Variegata'
Trade Names: Peperomia acuminata 'Variegata', Peperomia acuminata variegated
Plant parent(s): Peperomia acuminata
Peperomia argyreia 'Costa Rica'
Trade Names: Peperomia 'Costa Rica'
Inventor: Per Christensen
Patent: USPP32128P2
Plant parent(s): Peperomia argyreia
Peperomia argyreia 'Variegata'
Trade Names: Peperomia argyreia variegata, Peperomia argyreia variegated
Plant parent(s): Peperomia argyreia
Peperomia caperata 'Brasilia'
Inventor: Per Siggaard Christensen
Patent: USPP31460P2
Plant parent(s): Peperomia caperata
Peperomia caperata 'Abricos'
Plant parent(s): Peperomia caperata
Peperomia caperata 'Black Ripple'
Plant parent(s): Peperomia caperata
Peperomia caperata 'Burbella'
Trade Names: Peperomia 'Burbella'
Plant parent(s): Peperomia caperata
Peperomia caperata 'Lilian'
Trade Names: Peperomia 'Lilian'
Plant parent(s): Peperomia caperata
Peperomia caperata 'Luna Red'
Trade Names: Peperomia 'Red Luna'
Plant parent(s): Peperomia caperata
Peperomia caperata 'Moonlight'
Trade Names: Peperomia 'Moonlight'
Inventor: Obed Jacob Smit
Patent: USPP31418P2
Plant parent(s): Peperomia caperata
Peperomia caperata 'Pink Lady'
Trade Names: Peperomia 'Pink Lady'
Plant parent(s): Peperomia caperata
Peperomia caperata 'Pink Lady Variegata'
Trade Names: Peperomia 'Pink Lady Variegata'
Plant parent(s): Peperomia caperata 'Pink Lady'
Peperomia caperata 'Quito'
Trade Names: Peperomia 'Quito'
Plant parent(s): Peperomia caperata
Peperomia caperata ‘Ripple Variegata’
Trade Names: Peperomia ‘Ripple Variegata’, Peperomia ‘Ripple Variegated’
Plant parent(s): Peperomia caperata
Peperomia caperata 'Shumi Red'
Trade Names: Peperomia 'Shumi Red'
Plant parent(s): Peperomia caperata
Peperomia caperata 'Silver Ripple'
Trade Names: Peperomia 'Silver Ripple'
Plant parent(s): Peperomia caperata
Peperomia caperata 'Teresa'
Trade Names: Peperomia 'Teresa'
Plant parent(s): Peperomia caperata
Peperomia clusiifolia 'Black Knight'
Trade Names: Peperomia 'Black Knight', Peperomia 'Red Margin', Peperomia 'Red Edge'
Cultivars and Hybrids: Peperomia clusiifolia
Peperomia clusiifolia 'Tricolor'
Trade Names: Peperomia 'Jellie', Peperomia 'Jelly'
Plant parent(s): Peperomia clusiifolia
Peperomia clusiifolia 'Variegata'
Plant parent(s): Peperomia clusiifolia
Peperomia cubensis 'Variegata'
Plant parent(s): Peperomia cubensis
Peperomia × Eden Rosso
Trade Names: Peperomia 'Eden Rosso', Peperomia 'Rosso'
Inventor: Obed Smit
Patent: USPP24379P3
Plant parent(s): Peperomia marmorata, Peperomia metallica
Cultivars and Hybrids: Peperomia × Red Rosso
Peperomia 'Frost'
Trade Names: Peperomia 'Frost', Peperomia 'Silver Frost'
Peperomia 'Fuzzy Mistery'
Peperomia glabella 'Red Stem'
Plant parent(s): Peperomia glabella
Peperomia griseo-argentea 'Blackie'
Trade Names: Peperomia 'Blackie'
Plant parent(s): Peperomia griseo-argentea
Peperomia griseo-argentea 'Wavy Gravy'
Trade Names: Peperomia 'Wavy Gravy'
Plant parent(s): Peperomia griseo-argentea
Peperomia argyreia 'Harmony’s Gold Dust Woman'
Plant parent(s): Peperomia argyreia
Peperomia rugosa 'Harmony’s Great Pumpkin'
Trade Names: Peperomia 'Harmony’s Great Pumpkin'
Plant parent(s): Peperomia rugosa
Peperomia caperata ‘Harmony’s Midnight Wave’
Common Names: Peperomia ‘Harmony’s Midnight Wave’
Plant parent(s): Peperomia caperata
Peperomia × Little Toscani
Trade Names: Peperomia 'Little Toscani'
Inventor: Obed Jacob Smit
Patent: US20180077842P1
Peperomia marmorata 'Silver Heart'
Trade Names: Peperomia 'Silver Heart'
Plant parent(s): Peperomia marmorata
Peperomia caperata 'Mendoza'
Trade Names: Peperomia 'Mendoza'
Inventor: Per Siggaard Christensen
Patent: USPP31735P2
Plant parent(s): Peperomia caperata
Peperomia meridana 'Variegata'
Plant parent(s): Peperomia meridana
Peperomia metallica 'Colombiana'
Trade Names: Peperomia metallica 'Colombiana', Peperomia 'Colombiana', Peperomia metallica, Peperomia 'Galaxy'
Plant parent(s): Peperomia metallica
Peperomia metallica 'Narrow Form'
Trade Names: Peperomia metallica 'Ecuador', Peperomia metallica 'Narrow Form'
Plant parent(s): Peperomia metallica
Peperomia 'Milano'
Peperomia × Napoli Nights
Trade Names: Peperomia 'Napoli Nights'
Inventor: Obed Jacob Smit
Patent: US20180077841P1
*: Described as a cross between a Peperomia marmorata cultivar and peruviana cultivar
Peperomia nitida 'Crane's Flecked'
Trade Names: Peperomia scandens 'Crane's Flecked'
Plant parent(s): Peperomia nitida
Peperomia nitida 'Variegata'
Trade Names: Peperomia scandens 'Variegata', Peperomia scandens variegated
Peperomia obtusifolia 'Golden Cais'
Trade Names: Peperomia limao, Peperomia 'Golden Cais'
Plant parent(s): Peperomia obtusifolia
Peperomia obtusifolia 'Golden Gate'
Plant parent(s): Peperomia obtusifolia
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Peperomia obtusifolia 'Green Gold'
Trade Names: Peperomia 'Green Gold'
Plant parent(s): Peperomia obtusifolia
Peperomia obtusifolia 'Lime Green'
Plant parent(s): Peperomia obtusifolia
Peperomia obtusifolia 'Marble'
Plant parent(s): Peperomia obtusifolia
Peperomia obtusifolia 'Red Canyon'
Plant parent(s): Peperomia obtusifolia
Peperomia obtusifolia 'Variegata'
Trade Names: Peperomia obtusifolia 'Variegata', Peperomia obtusifolia 'USA'
Plant parent(s): Peperomia obtusifolia
Peperomia orba 'Pixie'
Trade Names: Peperomia 'Pixie'
*: likely the same plant as Peperomia orba
Plant parent(s): Peperomia orba
Peperomia orba 'Pixie Lime'
Trade Names: Peperomia 'Pixie Lime'
Plant parent(s): Peperomia orba
Peperomia orba ‘Silver Shadow'
Trade Names: Peperomia 'Pixie Variegata', Peperomia 'Pixie Variegated'
Inventor: Kees Schoenmakers
Patent: USPP18144P2
Plant parent(s): Peperomia orba
Peperomia orba 'Variegata'
Trade Names: Peperomia orba 'Variegata'
Plant parent(s): Peperomia orba
Peperomia 'Peppermill'
Peperomia 'Pepperspot'
Peperomia albovittata 'Piccolo Banda'
Inventor: Obed Jacob Smit
Patent: US20180077840P1
Plant parent(s): Peperomia albovittata
Peperomia polybotrya 'Variegata'
Plant parent(s): Peperomia polybotrya
Peperomia albovittata 'Rana Verde'
Trade Names: Peperomia 'Rana Verde'
Inventor: Obed Jacob Smit
Patent: USPP29418P3
Plant parent(s): Peperomia albovittata
Peperomia albovittata 'Rana Verde Variegata'
Plant parent(s): Peperomia albovittata 'Rana Verde'
Peperomia × Red Log
Inventor: Obed Jacob Smit
Patent: USPP28822P2
Peperomia × Red Rosso
Plant parent(s): Peperomia × Eden Rosso
Peperomia resediflora 'Variegata'
Trade Names: Peperomia fraseri 'Variegata', Peperomia fraseri variegated
Plant parent(s): Peperomia resediflora
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Peperomia 'Ruby Cascade'
Peperomia rugosa 'Aussie Gold'
Trade Names: Peperomia 'Aussie Gold'
Plant parent(s): Peperomia rugosa
Peperomia rugosa 'Equador'
Trade Names: Peperomia 'Equador', Peperomia 'Ecuador'
Plant parent(s): Peperomia rugosa
Peperomia × San Marino
Trade Names: Peperomia 'San Marino'
Inventor: Obed Jacob Smit
Patent: USPP29565P3
Peperomia 'Santorini'
Peperomia Saksun
Peperomia caperata 'Steve’s Leaves Chameleon'
Inventor: Steve’s Leaves
Plant parent(s): Peperomia caperata
Peperomia × Sunrise
Trade Names: Peperomia 'Sunrise'
Inventor: Obed Jacob Smit
Patent: USPP29417P3
Peperomia velutina 'Bicolor'
Plant parent(s): Peperomia velutina
Peperomia verticillata 'Belly Button'
Trade Names: Peperomia 'Belly Button'
Plant parent(s): Peperomia verticillata
Peperomia acuminata
Synonyms: Peperomia pyrifolia, Peperomia cacuminicola, Peperomia basellifolia
Named by: Hipólito Ruiz López and José Antonio Pavon (1798)
Native Area: Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Panamá, Peru, Venezuela
Cultivars and Hybrids: Peperomia acuminata 'Variegata'
Peperomia albovittata
Named by: Anne Casimir Pyramus de Candolle (1898)
Native Area: Ecuador
Cultivars and Hybrids: Peperomia albovittata 'Piccolo Banda', Peperomia albovittata 'Rana Verde'
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Peperomia caperata
Common Names: Peperomia Emerald Ripple
Named by: Truman George Yuncker (1958)
Native Area: Southeast Brazil
Cultivars and Hybrids: Peperomia caperata 'Abricos', Peperomia caperata 'Amazonas', Peperomia caperata 'Black Ripple', Peperomia caperata 'Brasilia', Peperomia caperata 'Buenos Aires', Peperomia caperata 'Burbella', Peperomia caperata 'Caracas', Peperomia caperata 'Cayenne', Peperomia caperata ‘Harmony’s Midnight Wave’, Peperomia caperata 'Lilian', Peperomia caperata 'Luna Red', Peperomia caperata 'Mendoza', Peperomia caperata 'Montevideo', Peperomia caperata 'Moonlight', Peperomia caperata 'Pink Lady', Peperomia caperata 'Quito', Peperomia caperata ‘Ripple Variegata’, Peperomia caperata 'Shumi Red', Peperomia caperata 'Silver Ripple', Peperomia caperata 'Steve’s Leaves Chameleon', Peperomia caperata 'Teresa'
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Peperomia dolabriformis 'Variegata'
Trade Names: Peperomia dolabriformis variegated
Plant parent(s): Peperomia dolabriformis
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Peperomia dolabriformis var. glaucescens
Named by: Guillermo Pino (2008)
Native Area: Peru
Peperomia caespitosa
Named by: Anne Casimir Pyramus de Candolle (1890)
Native Area: Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
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Peperomia 'Silver Bandit'
Trade Names: Peperomia 'Silver Bandit'
Peperomia sp. Morro de Capao
Peperomia nivalis var. lepadiphylla
Synonyms: Peperomia lepadiphylla, Peperomia pruinosifolia
Named by: Guillermo Pino (2010)
Native Area: Peru
Peperomia orba
Named by: George Sydney Bunting (1966)
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Peperomia angustata 'Variegata'
Trade Names: Peperomia viridis variegata
Named by: Karl Sigismund Kunth (1816)
Native Area: Belize, Brazil North, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles
Peperomia guttulata
Named by: Luis Sodiro (1900)
Native Area: Ecuador
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Peperomia caperata 'Cayenne'
Plant parent(s): Peperomia caperata
Peperomia caperata 'Buenos Aires'
Plant parent(s): Peperomia caperata
Peperomia caperata 'Montevideo'
Plant parent(s): Peperomia caperata
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Peperomia caperata 'Caracas'
Plant parent(s): Peperomia caperata
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Peperomia caperata 'Amazonas'
Plant parent(s): Peperomia caperata
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Peperomia fraseri
Native Area: Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
Peperomia 'Green Bubble'
Peperomia 'Royal Princess'
Trade Names: Peperomia caperata 'Royal Princess'
Peperomia obtusifolia 'Burning Bush'
Trade Names: Peperomia 'Burning Bush'
Plant parent(s): Peperomia obtusifolia
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Peperomia caperata 'Chocolate'
Trade Names: Peperomia 'Chocolate Ripple'. Peperomia 'Chocolate'
Peperomia caperata 'Burgundy'
Trade Names: Peperomia 'Burgundy', Peperomia 'Burgundy Ripple'
Plant parent(s): Peperomia caperata
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Peperomia albovittata 'Mystique'
Trade Names: Peperomia 'Mystique'
Plant parent(s): Peperomia albovittata
Peperomia argyreia 'Ice Queen'
Trade Names: Peperomia 'Ice Queen', Peperomia 'Silver'
November 16 2023
- largest update yet
- acuminata, acuminata 'Variegata', albovittata, angustata 'Variegata', caespitosa, caperata, caperata 'Amazonas', caperata 'Buenos Aires', caperata 'Caracas', caperata 'Cayenne', caperata 'Montevideo', dolabriformis var. glaucescens, dolabriformis 'Variegata', fraseri, guttulata, nivalis var. lepadiphylla, orba, Saksun, 'Silver Bandit', sp. Morro de Capao ... added
- berteroana, boivinii, congona, dolabriformis var. lombardii, hispidula, microphylla, polycephala, sincorana, strawii ... photo added
February 26 2021:
- villicaulis added
- hispindula added
- orba ‘Pixie Lime’ photo added
- orba ‘Variegata’ added
- acuminata ‘Variegata’ photo added
February 25 2021:
- boivinii added
- acuminata ‘Variegata’ added
- moticola photo added
February 24 2021:
- clusiifolia photo added
- obtusifolia photo added
- ‘Silver Heart’ added
- hutchisonii photo added
- tetraphylla photo added
- sincorana added
- bangroana added
February 23 2021:
- article is published.
- eburnea added
- ‘Milano’ added
- marmorata photo added