Common names:

• American rubberplant  (Source: Dict Gard) - English
• baby rubberplant  (Source: Dict Gard) - English
• oval-leaf peperomia  (Source: AH 505) - English
• pepper-face  (Source: Dict Gard) - English
• fleischige Peperomie  (Source: Zander Ency) - German
• fredsgrönska  (Source: Kulturvaxtdatabas) - Swedish

Economic Importance:

• Environmental: ornamental (fide Dict Gard)

Distributional Range:

Native

Northern America

• SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Florida]
• Mexico (s.)

Southern America

• CARIBBEAN: Antigua and Barbuda, [Antigua] Bahamas, Cuba, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and Grenadines [St. Vincent]
• CENTRAL AMERICA: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama
• NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname
• BRAZIL: Brazil
• WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru


Cultivated (also cult.)

References:

1. Adams, C. Flowering plants of Jamaica. 1972 (F Jam)
2. Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource on www.skud.info). 2012 (Kulturvaxtdatabas)
3. Balick, M. J. et al. Checklist of the vascular plants of Belize, with common names and uses. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 85. 2000 (L Belize NY)
4. Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45. 1993 (L Peru)
5. Burger, W. C., ed. Flora costaricensis. 1971- (F CostaR)
6. Correll, D. S. & H. B. Correll Flora of the Bahama archipelago. (F Bahamas)
7. Erhardt, W. et al. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen. 2008 (Zander Ency)
8. Forzza, R. C. et al., coord. Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource). (L Brasil Online)
9. Funk, V. et al. Checklist of the plants of the Guiana Shield (Venezuela: Amazonas, Bolivar, Delta Amacuro; Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana). Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 55:1-584. 2007 (L Guiana Shield)
10. Howard, R. Flora of the lesser Antilles. 1974-1989 (F LAnt)
11. Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992 (Dict Gard)
12. Jardín Botánico Nacional Flora de la República de Cuba. 1998- (F Cuba)
13. Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez, eds. Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75. 1999 (L Ecuador)
14. Liogier, H. A. Descriptive flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands. 1984- (F PuertoR)
15. Mathieu, G., ed. Taxonomic repertory of the genus Peperomia (on-line resource). 2001- (Rep Peperomia)
16. Nelson, C. H. N. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Honduras. 2008 (L Honduras)
17. Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark Flora of Guatemala. 1946-1976 (F Guat)
18. Stevens, W. D. et al., eds. Flora de Nicaragua. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 85(1-3). (F Nicaragua)
19. Terrell, E. E. et al. Agric. Handb. no. 505. 1986 (AH 505)
20. Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds. Flora of Panama. 1943-1980 (F Panama)
21. Wunderlin, R. & B. Hansen Atlas of Florida vascular plants (on-line resource). (Atlas Florida)

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://germoplasma.iniaf.gob.bo/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=27341. Accessed 28 abril 2024.