Biology:Peperomia nitida

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Short description: Species of plant

Peperomia nitida
Peperomia nitida.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Magnoliids
Order: Piperales
Family: Piperaceae
Genus: Peperomia
Species:
P. nitida
Binomial name
Peperomia nitida
Dahlst.

Peperomia nitida is a species of plant in the genus Peperomia. Its native range is in South America from Brazil to northern Argentina .[1] It can be kept as a houseplant and is sometimes sold as cupid peperomia, or problematically as Peperomia scandens or Peperomia serpens.[2][3]

Description

Peperomia serpens is a separate species with slightly more rounded leaves and its native region reaches further north to Mexico.[4]

The title scandens is occasionally applied to both, perhaps because both are vining plants (latin term scandens means "climbing"), but officially Peperomia Scandens is considered a synonym for Peperomia serpens.[5]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q15606506 entry