Peperomia serpens
Appearance
Peperomia serpens | |
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Climbing a tree in the wild in Ecuador | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Magnoliids |
Order: | Piperales |
Family: | Piperaceae |
Genus: | Peperomia |
Species: | P. serpens
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Binomial name | |
Peperomia serpens | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Peperomia serpens, the vining peperomia, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Peperomia and family Piperaceae, native to the New World Tropics.[1][2] The plant is perennial.[3]
The name Peperomia serpens has in the past also been used to describe Peperomia dimota and Peperomia subrotundifolia.[4] In addition the terms Peperomia serpens and Peperomia scandens are sometimes falsely used for Peperomia nitida, perhaps because both are similar vining plants. The Royal Horticultural Society has bestowed the Award of Garden Merit to "Peperomia scandens" as a houseplant,[5] however it is not clear whether this means Peperomia serpens or Peperomia nitida.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Peperomia serpens (Sw.) G.Don". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
- ^ "Peperomia serpens". North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox. N.C. Cooperative Extension. 2021. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
- ^ "vinagre". eol.org. Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2021-10-19.
- ^ "Search for Peperomia serpens". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanical Gardens Kew. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
- ^ "Award of Garden Merit (AGM)". The Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
Categories:
- Peperomia
- House plants
- Flora of Southeastern Mexico
- Flora of Southwestern Mexico
- Flora of Veracruz
- Flora of Honduras
- Flora of Nicaragua
- Flora of Panama
- Flora of the Dominican Republic
- Flora of Haiti
- Flora of Jamaica
- Flora of the Leeward Islands
- Flora of Puerto Rico
- Flora of Trinidad and Tobago
- Flora of the Venezuelan Antilles
- Flora of the Windward Islands
- Flora of northern South America
- Flora of western South America
- Flora of Brazil
- Plants described in 1830
- Piperales stubs