Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Peperomia fraseri
congona, peperomia, flowering peperomia, mignonette peperomia
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)
Order
Piperales
Family
Piperaceae
Genus
Peperomia
Species
fraseri
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Peperomia resedaeflora Linden & André, Jørgensen & León-Yánez (1999) as Peperomia fraseri var. peltata Yunck. and Peperomia fraseri var. resedaeflora (Linden & André) C. DC.
Origin: Introduced - established
Year of first record: 2007
Mode of introduction: Intentional
Introduction Pathway: Intentional
Subpathway: Agriculture/Horticulture
Introduced status: Human dependent
Invasive status: No data
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- Jørgensen, P.M. León-Yánez, S. (eds.) (1999) Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 75. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis, 1181 pp.
- Tropicos.org. (2017) Database of Missouri Botanical Garden. Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 06 Oct 2017 <http://www.tropicos.org
- Trelease, W. Yuncker, T.G. (1950) Piperaceae. N. South Amer. 1–838.
- Guézou, A. Trueman, M., Buddenhagen, E., Chamorro, S., Guerrero, A.M., Pozo, P., Atkinson, R. (2010) An extensive Alien Plan Inventory from the Inhabited Areas of Galapagos Plos One/ www.plosone.org. Volume 5/ Issue 4/e10276
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"Galapagos Species Database, Peperomia fraseri", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=2129. Accessed 24 June 2025.