Taxon: Peperomia tetraphylla (G. Forst.) Hook. & Arn.

 
Genus: Peperomia
Family: Piperaceae
Nomen number: 459900
Place of publication: Bot. Beechey Voy. 97. 1832
Link to protologue:
Typification:
Name Verified on: 03-ene-2011 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last Changed: 03-ene-2011
Species priority site is:
Accessions: 0 in National Plant Germplasm System

Synonyms:

Common names:

  • dou ban lu  (Source: F ChinaEng) - Transcribed Chinese

Economic Importance:

  • Environmental: ornamental (fide F ChinaEng)
  • Medicines: folklore (fide F ChinaEng)

Distributional Range:

    Native

    Africa
    • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Ethiopia, Sudan (s.), Yemen [Socotra]
    • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
    • WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, [Bioko] Sao Tome and Principe
    • WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Guinea, Sierra Leone
    • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
    • SOUTHERN AFRICA: Lesotho, South Africa, [Eastern Cape, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West, Western Cape] Swaziland
    • WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Reunion

    Asia-Temperate
    • CHINA: China [Fujian, Gansu (s.), Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Sichuan, Xizang (s.), Yunnan]
    • EASTERN ASIA: Taiwan

    Asia-Tropical
    • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Bhutan, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka
    • INDO-CHINA: Thailand
    • MALESIA: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines

    Australasia
    • AUSTRALIA: Australia [New South Wales (n.e.), Queensland (e.)]

    Northern America
    • Mexico (c. & s.)

    Pacific
    • NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC: United States [Hawaii]
    • SOUTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC: French Polynesia [Austral Islands, Society Islands]

    Southern America
    • CARIBBEAN: Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Puerto Rico
    • CENTRAL AMERICA: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama
    • NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela
    • BRAZIL: Brazil [Ceara, Espirito Santo, Minas Gerais, Parana, Pernambuco, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, Sao Paulo, Roraima]
    • WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
    • SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina, [Catamarca, Jujuy, Misiones, Salta, Tucuman] Uruguay


    Cultivated (also cult.)

References:

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Check other web resources for Peperomia tetraphylla (G. Forst.) Hook. & Arn. :

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=459900. Accessed 28 abril 2024.