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|accepted_name=Peperomia
|accepted_authority=Ruiz & Pavon
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Fl. Peruv. Prodr.,
|place=8. 1794
|year=1794
}}
|common_names=Peperomia
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Piperaceae;Peperomia
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Piperaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Peperomia]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 3
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="herb duration;herb duration;herb orientation;herb growth form or orientation;herb growth form or orientation;herb habitat;herb habitat;herb pubescence;herb pubescence;herb coloration"><b>Herbs,</b> annual or perennial, erect, decumbent, or prostrate, terrestrial or epiphytic, glabrous or pubescent, sometimes glandular-dotted.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="leaf arrangement;leaf arrangement;leaf arrangement;leaf arrangement;leaf arrangement;leaf pubescence;leaf pubescence;leaf pubescence;leaf pubescence;leaf pubescence;leaf pubescence"><b>Leaves </b>alternate, opposite, or whorled, glabrous or pubescent, or glandular.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="leaf-blade architecture;lateral-vein orientation;lateral-vein prominence;tertiary-vein presence;tertiary-vein prominence"><b>Leaf-</b>blade conspicuously or inconspicuously veined, lateral-veins ascending-arching, or inconspicuous, tertiary-veins apparently absent or very faint.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="spike position or structure subtype;spike position or structure subtype;spike position;spike architecture;leaf arrangement"><b>Spikes </b>terminal, terminal and axillary, or opposite leaves, densely to loosely flowered.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="flower architecture;depression shape;rachis shape;floral beak pubescence;floral beak coloration;floral beak shape"><b>Flowers </b>sessile, borne on surface or in pitlike depressions of rachis, floral bracts glabrous or glandular-dotted;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="stamen quantity;stamen fixation">stamens 2, attached at base of ovary;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="stigma quantity;stigma architecture or shape">stigma 1, sometimes cleft.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="fruit architecture;fruit architecture;fruit shape;fruit shape;fruit shape;fruit shape;fruit shape;fruit shape;surface pubescence or relief;surface coloration;surface coloration;surface coloration;surface coloration;surface coating"><b>Fruits </b>sessile or stipitate, globose, ovoid, oblong, or pyriform, surface warty, minutely reticulate, or faintly striate, ± viscid;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="beak shape;beak shape;beak course;beak shape;beak shape;beak shape;beak shape">beak mammiform or elongate, straight, bent, or hooked.</span><!--

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|distribution=Mostly tropical and subtropical worldwide;especially tropical America and s Asia
|discussion=<p>Species ca. 1000 (7 in the flora).</p><!--
--><p>Many species of Peperomia are used as houseplants, greenhouse plants, and, in warm regions, garden plants.</p><!--
--><p>In addition to the species below, Peperomia simplex Hamilton has been attributed to southern Florida, but no verifying specimens have been seen. A single specimen of Peperomia emarginella (Swartz ex Wikström) C. de Candolle is in the herbarium of the New York Botanical Garden. The specimen may be from southeastern United States.</p>
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|references={{Treatment/Reference
|id=boufford1982a
|text=Boufford, D. E. 1982. Notes on Peperomia (Piperaceae) in the southeastern United States. J. Arnold Arbor. 63: 317-325.
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==Key==
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|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Stems strigose; leaves opposite or whorled, sometimes proximal leaves alternate.
|[[Peperomia humilis|Peperomia humilis]]
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Stems glabrous or mostly so; leaves alternate.
|[[#key-0-2| > 2]]
|-id=key-0-2
|2
|Plants with numerous black, glandular dots.
|[[Peperomia glabella|Peperomia glabella]]
|-id=key-0-2
|2
|Plants without black, glandular dots, or leaves occasionally with yellowish, resinous or pellucid dots.
|[[#key-0-3| > 3]]
|-id=key-0-3
|3
|Leaf blade rounded, truncate, cordate, or auriculate at base.
|[[#key-0-4| > 4]]
|-id=key-0-3
|3
|Leaf blade narrowly to broadly cuneate, attenuate, or acuminate at base.
|[[#key-0-5| > 5]]
|-id=key-0-4
|4
|Leaf blade auriculate and ± clasping at base; petiole absent or to ca. 3 mm.
|[[Peperomia amplexicaulis|Peperomia amplexicaulis]]
|-id=key-0-4
|4
|Leaf blade rounded, truncate, or cordate at base, never clasping; petiole ca. 1/2 length of blade.
|[[Peperomia pellucida|Peperomia pellucida]]
|-id=key-0-5
|5
|Beak of fruit mammiform or conic, 0.2 mm or less; leaf blade elliptic, lanceolate, or oblanceolate; petiole slightly dilated and clasping at base, decurrent in lines or conspicuous interrnodal wings along stem.
|[[Peperomia alata|Peperomia alata]]
|-id=key-0-5
|5
|Beak of fruit elongate, 0.5–1 mm; leaf blade oblanceolate, elliptic-obovate, ovate, or spatulate; petiole not dilated at base, if appearing to be clasping, then not decurrent in lines or wings along stem.
|[[#key-0-6| > 6]]
|-id=key-0-6
|6
|Peduncle with microscopic, spiculelike hairs; beak of fruit filiform above conic base, abruptly hooked near apex.
|[[Peperomia obtusifolia|Peperomia obtusifolia]]
|-id=key-0-6
|6
|Peduncle glabrous; beak of fruit tapering smoothly from broadened base to sharply acute apex, straight, bent, or gradually hooked from about middle.
|[[#key-0-7| > 7]]
|-id=key-0-7
|7
|Leaves petiolate; leaf blade slightly decurrent along petiole, neither auriculate nor clasping.
|[[Peperomia magnoliifolia|Peperomia magnoliifolia]]
|-id=key-0-7
|7
|Leaves sessile or nearly sessile; leaf blade auriculate at base, ± clasping.
|[[Peperomia amplexicaulis|Peperomia amplexicaulis]]
|}
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|authority=Ruiz & Pavon
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|parent rank=family
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Piperaceae
|distribution=Mostly tropical and subtropical worldwide;especially tropical America and s Asia
|reference=boufford1982a
|publication title=Fl. Peruv. Prodr.,
|publication year=1794
|special status=
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|genus=Peperomia
|beak course=straight
|beak shape=hooked;bent;hooked;bent;elongate;mammiform
|depression shape=pitlike
|floral beak coloration=glandular-dotted
|floral beak pubescence=glabrous
|floral beak shape=pitlike
|flower architecture=sessile
|fruit architecture=stipitate;sessile
|fruit shape=pyriform;oblong;pyriform;oblong;ovoid;globose
|herb coloration=glandular-dotted
|herb duration=perennial;annual
|herb growth form or orientation=prostrate;decumbent
|herb habitat=epiphytic;terrestrial
|herb orientation=erect
|herb pubescence=pubescent;glabrous
|lateral-vein orientation=ascending-arching
|lateral-vein prominence=inconspicuous
|leaf arrangement=opposite;whorled;opposite;whorled;opposite;alternate
|leaf pubescence=glandular;pubescent;glabrous;glandular;pubescent;glabrous
|leaf-blade architecture=veined
|rachis shape=pitlike
|spike architecture=flowered
|spike position=axillary
|spike position or structure subtype=terminal;terminal
|stamen fixation=attached
|stamen quantity=2
|stigma architecture or shape=cleft
|stigma quantity=1
|surface coating=viscid
|surface coloration=striate;reticulate;striate;reticulate
|surface pubescence or relief=warty
|tertiary-vein presence=absent
|tertiary-vein prominence=faint
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