Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Peperomia petiolata
congonita, congona
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)
Order
Piperales
Family
Piperaceae
Genus
Peperomia
Species
petiolata
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Peperomia stewartii C. DC. fide Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew & Missouri Botanical Garden (2010)
Origin: Endemic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Peperomia petiolata", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=665. Accessed 30 October 2026.