Peperomia serpens
Distribution
Cu(CuW(Art) CuC(Ci SS Cam) CuE(Gr Ho SC Gu)) – Esp Ja Men AmN AmC AmS
North America: nativeA Cuba: native, East Cuba native (Guantánamo native, Holguín native, Santiago de Cuba native, Granma native); Central Cuba native (Sancti Spíritus native, Camagüey native, Cienfuegos native); West Cuba native (Artemisa native) Jamaica: nativeA Central America: native South America: native Hispaniola: nativeA Lesser Antilles: nativeA
Synonymy
Peperomia serpens, Hort. Brit.: 13. 1830 sec. Greuter & Rankin Rodríguez 2016 [is earlier homonym of Peperomia serpens 1866]
- ≡Piper serpens, Prodr.: 16. 1788 syn. sec. Greuter & Rankin Rodríguez 2016
- Type: "Lectotipo (Howard 1988: 22): [espécimen] “Jamaica”, Swartz (S!)"1
- =Peperomia scandens, Fl. Peruv. 1: 32, t. 51, f. b. 1798 syn. sec. Greuter & Rankin Rodríguez 2016
- Type: "Lectotipo (designado aquí): [espécimen] “Peperomia scandens Sp. Pl. Fl. Per.”, Peru, “Pozuzo”, [17]96, Ruiz & Pavón 277, Herb. Peruv. #1/71 (MA [foto!, microficha IDC #40-A2]; ¿isolectotipo?: MA [foto!, microficha IDC #40-A3])"2