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Peperomia rotundata Kunth

congona

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Plantae

Phylum
Magnoliophyta

Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)

Order
Piperales

Family
Piperaceae

Genus
Peperomia

Species
rotundata

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Peperomia tequendamana, Trelease & Yuncker (1950) as Piper villosum C. DC.

Origin: Native

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

References

  • Jørgensen, P.M. Ulloa, C. (1994) Seed plants of the high Andes of Ecuador—A checklist. AAU Rep. 34: 1–443.
  • 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.
  • Trelease, W. Yuncker, T.G. (1950) Piperaceae. N. South Amer. 1–838.
  • Tropicos.org. (2017) Database of Missouri Botanical Garden. Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 06 Oct 2017 <http://www.tropicos.org
  • Van der Werff, H.H. (1977) Vascular plants from the Galápagos Islands: new records and taxonomic notes. Bot. Notiser 130(1): 89-100.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Peperomia rotundata", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=666. Accessed 3 November 2026.