Peperomia is the 2nd largest genus of the family Piperaceae with 1373 accepted species. They are found in tropical and subtropical regions, most are native to Central and South America.
Listed bellow are the varieties that are being cultivated around the world.
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- Peperomia andina
- Peperomia antoniana
- Peperomia argyreia
- Peperomia asperula
- Peperomia bangroana
- Peperomia berteroana
- Peperomia blanda
- Peperomia blanda var. floribunda
- Peperomia boivinii
- Peperomia bracteata
- Peperomia cereoides
- Peperomia clusiifolia
- Peperomia columella
- Peperomia congesta
- Peperomia congona
- Peperomia cubensis
- Peperomia deppeana
- Peperomia dolabriformis
- Peperomia dolabriformis var. grandis
- Peperomia dolabriformis var. lombardii
- Peperomia eburnea
- Peperomia emarginella
- Peperomia fagerlindii
- Peperomia ferreyrae
- Peperomia flexicaulis
- Peperomia galapagensis
- Peperomia galioides
- Peperomia glabella
- Peperomia graveolens
- Peperomia griseo-argetea
- Peperomia hartwegiana
- Peperomia hirta
- Peperomia hispidula
- Peperomia hoffmannii
- Peperomia hunteriana
- Peperomia hutchisonii
- Peperomia hylophilla
- Peperomia inaequalifolia
- Peperomia incana
- Peperomia jalcaensis
- Peperomia jamesoniana var. longifolia
- Peperomia japonica
- Peperomia kimnachii
- Peperomia lanuginosa
- Peperomia macrostachyos
- Peperomia maculosa
- Peperomia magnoliifolia
- Peperomia maijeri
- Peperomia marmorata
- Peperomia maypurensis
- Peperomia meridana
- Peperomia metallica
- Peperomia microphylla
- Peperomia monticola
- Peperomia naviculaefolia
- Peperomia nitida
- Peperomia nivalis
- Peperomia nivalis var. lepadiphylla
- Peperomia obtusifolia
- Peperomia pecuniifolia / ‘Hope’
- Peperomia pellucida
- Peperomia perciliata
- Peperomia pereskiifolia
- Peperomia peruviana
- Peperomia polybotrya
- Peperomia polycephala
- Peperomia prostrata
- Peperomia pseudovariegata var. sarcophylla
- Peperomia quadrangularis
- Peperomia resediflora
- Peperomia rotundifolia
- Peperomia rugosa
- Peperomia serpens
- Peperomia sincorana
- Peperomia sp. Morro do Capao
- Peperomia strawii
- Peperomia tetragona
- Peperomia tetraphylla
- Peperomia trifolia
- Peperomia trinervis
- Peperomia trinervula
- Peperomia turboensis
- Peperomia urocarpa
- Peperomia urvilleana
- Peperomia velutina
- Peperomia verschaffeltii
- Peperomia verticillata
- Peperomia vestita var. lindenii
- Peperomia villicaulis
- Peperomia wolfgang-krahnii
- Peperomia acuminata ‘Variegata’
- Peperomia argyreia ‘Costa Rica’
- Peperomia argyreia ‘Variegata’
- Peperomia ‘Brasilia’
- Peperomia caperata ‘Abricos’
- Peperomia caperata ‘Black Ripple’
- Peperomia caperata ‘Burbella’
- Peperomia caperata ‘Emerald Ripple’
- Peperomia caperata ‘Lilian’
- Peperomia caperata ‘Luna Red’
- Peperomia caperata ‘Moonlight’
- Peperomia caperata ‘Pink Lady’
- Peperomia caperata ‘Pink Lady Variegata’
- Peperomia caperata ‘Ripple Variegata’
- Peperomia caperata ‘Quito’
- Peperomia caperata ‘Shumi Red Variegata’
- Peperomia caperata ‘Silver Ripple’
- Peperomia caperata ‘Teresa’
- Peperomia clusiifolia ‘Black Knight’
- Peperomia clusiifolia ‘Tricolor’
- Peperomia clusiifolia ‘Variegata’
- Peperomia cubensis ‘Variegata’
- Peperomia ‘Eden Rosso’
- Peperomia ‘Frost’
- Peperomia ‘Fuzzy Mistery’
- Peperomia glabella ‘Red Stem’
- Peperomia griseo-argenta ‘Blackie’
- Peperomia griseo-argenta ‘Wavy Gravy’
- Peperomia ‘Harmony’s Gold Dust Woman’
- Peperomia ‘Harmony’s Great Pumpkin’
- Peperomia ‘Harmony’s Midnight Wave’
- Peperomia ‘Little Toscani’
- Peperomia marmorata ‘Silver Heart’
- Peperomia ‘Mendoza’
- Peperomia meridana ‘Variegata’
- Peperomia metallica ‘Colombiana’
- Peperomia metallica ‘Narrow Form’
- Peperomia ‘Milano’
- Peperomia ‘Napoli Nights’
- Peperomia nitida ‘Crane’s Flecked’
- Peperomia nitida ‘Variegata’
- Peperomia obtusifolia ‘Golden Cais’
- Peperomia obtusifolia ‘Golden Gate’
- Peperomia obtusifolia ‘Green Gold’
- Peperomia obtusifolia ‘Lime Green’
- Peperomia obtusifolia ‘Marble’
- Peperomia obtusifolia ‘Red Canyon’
- Peperomia obtusifolia ‘Red Edge’
- Peperomia obtusifolia ‘Variegata’
- Peperomia orba ‘Pixie’
- Peperomia orba ‘Pixie Lime’
- Peperomia orba ‘Silver Shadow’
- Peperomia orba ‘Variegata’
- Peperomia ‘Peppermil’
- Peperomia ‘Pepperspot’
- Peperomia ‘Piccolo Banda’
- Peperomia polybotrya ‘Variegata’
- Peperomia ‘Rana Verde’
- Peperomia ‘Rana Verde Variegata’
- Peperomia ‘Red Log’
- Peperomia ‘Red Rosso’
- Peperomia resediflora ‘Variegata’
- Peperomia ‘Ruby Cascade’
- Peperomia rugosa ‘Aussie Gold’
- Peperomia rugosa ‘Equador’
- Peperomia ‘Saksun’
- Peperomia ‘San Marino”
- Peperomia ‘Santorini’
- Peperomia ‘Steve’s Leaves Chameleon’
- Peperomia ‘Sunrise’
- Peperomia velutina ‘Bicolor’
- Peperomia verticillata ‘Belly Button’
Peperomia species
Peperomia andina
Described by: Guillermo Pino (2004)
Native to: Peru
‘andina’ means of or from the Andes
Peperomia antoniana
Described by: William Trelease (1936)
Native to: Ecuador, Peru
Photo by the_royal_botanist
Peperomia argyreia
Synonyms: Peperomia arifolia var. argyreia, Peperomia sandersii
Trade names: Peperomia argyreia, Peperomia ‘Watermelon’, Peperomia sandersii
Common names: Watermelon Peperomia
Described by: Charles Jacques Édouard Morren (1867)
Native to: Northeast and Southeast Brazil
‘argyreia’ is from ‘argyro’ (silver in greek)
Cultivars: ‘Costa Rica’, ‘Variegata’
Photo by Houseplants.xyz / Negabiljaka.com
Peperomia asperula
Described by: Paul Clifford Hutchison and Werner Rauh (1975)
Native to: Peru
‘asperula’ means rough
Photo by Houseplants.xyz / Negabiljaka.com
Peperomia bangroana
Described by: Anne Casimir Pyramus de Candolle
Native to: Africa
Photo by camiliacote2010
Peperomia berteroana
Described by: Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel (1843)
Native to: Juan Fernández Is.
‘berteroana’ name from Carlo Giuseppe Bertero, Italian botanist
Peperomia blanda
Described by: Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel (1988)
Photo by Forest & Kim Starr
Peperomia blanda var. floribunda
Described by: Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel (1988)
Photo by monstera_under_my_bed
Peperomia boivinii
Described by: Anne Casimir Pyramus de Candolle (1866)
Native to: Comoros
‘boivinii’ means named after Louis Hyacinthe Boivin, botanist
Photo by beantownhouseplants
Peperomia bracteata
Trade names: Peperomia campylotropa
Described by: Arthur William Hill (1907)
Native to: Guatemala, Mexico
‘bracteata’ means having bracts (leaves beneath the flower)
Photo by gigglingplanties
Peperomia cereoides
Described by: Guillermo Pino and Nelson Cieza (2003)
Native to: Peru
‘cereoides’ means resembler a candle or torch
Photo by gerritzenrene
Peperomia clusiifolia
Described by: William Jackson Hooker (1823)
Native to: Jamaica
‘clusiifolia’ means having leaves similar to Clusia
Cultivars: ‘Black Knight’, ‘Tricolor’, ‘Variegata’
Photo by winay.pe
Peperomia columella
Described by: Werner Rauh and Paul Clifford Hutchison (1973)
Native to: Peru
‘columella’ means columnar
Photo by Houseplants.xyz / Negabiljaka.com
Peperomia congesta
Described by: Karl Sigismund Kunth (1816)
Native to: Peru
‘congesta’ means congested or crowded
Photo by homesteadbrooklyn
Peperomia congona
Described by: Luis Sodiro (1900)
Native to: Ecuador, Peru
Peperomia cubensis
Described by: Anne Casimir Pyramus de Candolle (1866)
Native to: Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica
Cultivars: ‘Variegata’
Photo by lonestarplantlover
Peperomia deppeana
Described by: Diederich Franz Leonhard von Schlechtendal and Ludolf Karl Adelbert von Chamisso (1830)
Native to: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru
‘deppeana’ means it is named for Ferdinand Deppe, German botanist
Photo by plantasdeliz
Peperomia dolabriformis
Described by: Karl Sigismund Kunth
Native to: Ecuador, Peru
‘dolabriformis’ means having hatchet-shaped leaves
Photo by Scott Zona
Peperomia dolabriformis var. grandis
Described by: Guillermo Pino and Olivier Klopfenstein (2005)
Native to: Peru
Peperomia dolabriformis var. lombardii
Described by: Guillermo Pino (2008)
Native to: Peru
Photo by urbanjungleasians
Peperomia eburnea
Described by: Jean Jules Linden (1871)
Native to: Colombia, Ecuador
Photo by absenteeplantdad
Peperomia emarginella
Described by: Anne Casimir Pyramus de Candolle (1869)
Native to: Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Florida, French Guiana, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Windward Is.
Photo by neotropic_treasures
Peperomia fagerlindii
Described by: Truman George Yuncker (1956)
Native to: Ecuador
Photo by jlg_plants
Peperomia ferreyrae
Trade names: Peperomia ‘Happy Bean’
Described by: Truman George Yuncker (1956)
Native to: Peru
Photo by Houseplants.xyz / Negabiljaka.com
Peperomia flexicaulis
Described by: Heinrich Wawra (1862)
Native to: Brazil
‘flexicaulis’ means having bent, flexed stems
Photo by greendr_houseplants
Peperomia galapagensis
Described by: Joseph Dalton Hooker (1845)
Native to: Galápagos
Peperomia galioides
Described by: Karl Sigismund Kunth (1816)
Native to: Mexico, South America
‘galioides’ means having leaves resembling Galium
Photo by Jerzy Opioła
Peperomia glabella
Described by: Albert Gottfried Dietrich (1831)
Native to: South America
‘glabella’ means having glabrous (smooth) leaves
Cultivars: ‘Red Stem’
Photo by jungleinaroom
Peperomia graveolens
Trade names: Peperomia ‘Ruby Glow’
Described by: Werner Rauh and Wilhelm A. Barthlott (1975)
Native to: Ecuador
‘graveolens’ means having strong, unpleasent smell
Photo by Houseplants.xyz / Negabiljaka.com
Peperomia griseo-argetea
Described by: Truman George Yuncker (1958)
Native to: Brazil
‘griseo-argetea’ means silvery-gray
Cultivars: ‘Blackie’, ‘Wavy Gravy’
Photo by James Steakley
Peperomia hartwegiana
Described by: Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel (1845)
Native to: Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela
‘hartwegiana’ means named after Karl Theodor Hartweg
Peperomia hirta
Described by: Anne Casimir Pyramus de Candolle (1869)
Native to: Belize, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panamá
‘hirta’ means hairy
Photo by Jerzy Opioła
Peperomia hispidula
Described by: Albert Gottfried Dietrich
Native to: Central and South America
‘hispidula’ means finely bristled
Peperomia hoffmannii
Common names: Peperomia Isabella
Described by: Anne Casimir Pyramus de Candolle (1866)
Native to: Costa Rica
‘hoffmannii’ is named after Ralph Hoffmann, botanist
Photo by cheewithplants
Peperomia hunteriana
Trade names: Peperomia hunteriana, Peperomia enervis
Described by: Paul Irwin Forster (1991)
Native to: Queensland
Photo by entwiffey
Peperomia hutchisonii
Described by: Truman George Yuncker (1961)
Native to: Peru
Photo by riko3104
Peperomia hylophilla
Described by: Anne Casimir Pyramus de Candolle (1899)
Native to: Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panamá
Photo by James Steakley
Peperomia inaequalifolia
Described by: Hipólito Ruiz López and José Antonio Pavon (1798)
Native to: Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
Photo by plantlover.cl
Peperomia incana
Synonyms: Piper incanum
Described by: Adrian Hardy Haworth (1823)
Native to: Northest and Southeast Brazil
‘incana’ means hairy, hoary, grey or silver colored
Photo by myfellowfoliage
Peperomia jalcaensis
Described by: Guillermo Pino (2011)
Native to: Peru
Peperomia jamesoniana var. longifolia
Described by: William Trelease and Truman George Yuncker (1950)
Native to: Colombia
‘longifolia’ means long leaves
Photo by houseplantflora
Peperomia japonica
Described by: Tomitarô Makino (1901)
Native to: Ryukyu Islands, Japan
‘japonica’ means from Japan
Photo by Houseplants.xyz / Negabiljaka.com
Peperomia kimnachii
Described by: Werner Rauh (2000)
Native to: Bolivia
Photo by hanging_green
Peperomia lanuginosa
Described by: Guillermo Pino (2004)
Native to: Peru
‘lanuginosa’ means woolly, downy
Peperomia macrostachyos
Trade names: Peperomia elongata
Described by: Albert Gottfried Dietrich (1831)
Native to: Mexico and South America
‘macrostachyos’ from greek macros (large) and stachys (spike)
Photo by nyplantlady
Peperomia maculosa
Trade names: Peperomia maculosa, Peperomia ‘Xiang Cao’
Described by: William Jackson Hooker (1824)
Native to: Bolivia, Brazil North, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Puerto Rico, Venezuela
‘maculosa’ means spotted
Photo by vickies_plant_life
Peperomia magnoliifolia
Described by: Albert Gottfried Dietrich (1831)
Native to: Mexico, South America
‘magnoliifolia’ means having leaves like Magnolia
Photo by plantmom.says
Peperomia maijeri
Described by: Guillermo Pino and Marie-Stéphanie Samain (2012)
Native to: Peru
Photo by nettleman_
Peperomia marmorata
Described by: Joseph Dalton Hooker (1866)
Native to: Brazil Southeast
‘marmorata’ means marbled
Photo by the_plantden
Peperomia maypurensis
Described by: Karl Sigismund Kunth (1816)
Native to: North Brazil, Peru, Venezuela
Photo by missplantoholic
Peperomia meridana
Described by: Truman George Yuncker (1961)
Native to: Venezuela
Cultivars: ‘Variegata’
Photo by kcplantpopup
Peperomia metallica
Described by: Lucien Linden and Émile Rodigas (1892)
‘metallica’ means metalic
Cultivars: ‘Colombiana’, ‘Narrow Form’
Photo by plant.jungle
Peperomia microphylla
Described by: Karl Sigismund Kunth (1816)
Native to: Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela
‘microphylla’ means small leaf
Peperomia monticola
Described by: Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel
Native to: Mexico
‘monticola’ means Mountain dweller
Photo by game_of_greens_mx
Peperomia nitida
Trade names: Peperomia serpens
Described by: Gustav Adolf Hugo Dahlstedt (1900)
Native to: Argentina, Brazil
‘nitida’ means shinny, glossy
Cultivars: ‘Crane’s Flecked’, ‘Variegata’
Photo by peperodendron
Peperomia nivalis
Described by: Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel (1843)
Native to: Peru
‘nivalis’ means growing in or near snow, or referring to the white color
Photo by salchuiwt
Peperomia nivalis var. lepadiphylla
Synonyms: Peperomia lepadiphylla, Peperomia pruinosifolia
Described by: Guillermo Pino (2010)
Native to: Peru
Photo by urbanjungleasians
Peperomia obtusifolia
Described by: Albert Gottfried Dietrich
Native to: Mexico, South America
‘obtusifolia’ means blunt leaf
Cultivars: ‘Golden Cais’, ‘Golden Gate’, ‘Green Gold’, ‘Lime Green’, ‘Marble’, ‘Red Canyon’, ‘Red Edge’, ‘Variegata’
Photo by paixao.por.plantas_
Peperomia pecuniifolia / ‘Hope’
Trade names: Peperomia ‘Hope’
Described by: William Trelease, Paul Carpenter Standley
Native to: Guatemala, Mexico
Patent: US20130333085P1 described as a cross between Peperomia deppeana and quadrifolia
Photo by Houseplants.xyz / Negabiljaka.com
Peperomia pellucida
Described by: Karl Sigismund Kunth (1816)
Native to: South America, Africa
‘pellucida’ means transparent
Photo by gardeningnewbee
Peperomia perciliata
Described by: Truman George Yuncker (1950)
Native to: Colombia
Photo by goodandplantiful
Peperomia pereskiifolia
Described by: Karl Sigismund Kunth, Nicolaus Joseph von Jacquin (1816)
Native to: Belize, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela
Photo by Houseplants.xyz / Negabiljaka.com
Peperomia peruviana
Described by: Gustav Adolf Hugo Dahlstedt (1900)
Native to: Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela
‘peruviana’ means from Peru
Photo by mypetitegarden
Peperomia polybotrya
Trade names: Raindrop Peperomia
Described by: Karl Sigismund Kunth (1816)
Native to: Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
‘polybotrya’ from the Greek polys (many) and botrys (bunch), referring to the clusters of sporangia on the fronds
Cultivars: ‘Variegata’
Photo by Houseplants.xyz / Negabiljaka.com
Peperomia polycephala
Described by: William Trelease (1936)
Native to: Peru
‘polycephala’ means many-headed
Photo by botanynotes
Peperomia prostrata
Described by: Williams (1879)
Native to: Ecuador
‘prostrata’ means growing along the ground
Photo by cinders_elly
Peperomia pseudovariegata var. sarcophylla
Synonyms: Peperomia sarcophylla
Trade names: Peperomia sarcophylla
Described by: William Trelease and Truman George Yuncker (1950)
Native to: Colombia, Ecuador
‘sarcophylla’ means flesh leaf
Photo by fabilicous_hashtag_no_filter
Peperomia quadrangularis
Synonyms: Peperomia angulata
Trade names: Peperomia quadrangularis, Peperomia angulata, Peperomia ‘Beetle’, Peperomia ‘Diamond’ and Peperomia ‘Rocca Verde’
Described by: Albert Gottfried Dietrich
Native to: Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, French Guiana, Guyana, Panamá, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela
‘quadrangularis’ means four-angled
Photo by _greenthumbelina
Peperomia resediflora
Synonyms: Peperomia fraseri var. resediflora
Trade names: Peperomia resediflora, Peperomia fraseri
Described by: Anne Casimir Pyramus de Candolle (1866)
Native to: Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
Cultivars: ‘Variegata’
Photo by foliagefairytale
Peperomia rotundifolia
Described by: Karl Sigismund Kunth (1815)
Native to: South America
‘rotundifolia’ means round leaf
Photo by James Steakley
Peperomia rugosa
Described by: Cornelis Christiaan Berg, Erik Albert Mennega and Jan Tolsma (1978)
Native to: Ecuador
‘rugosa’ means wrinkled
Cultivars: ‘Aussie Gold’, Equador
Photo by junggardencenter
Peperomia serpens
Trade names: Peperomia rotundifolia, Peperomia serpens
Described by: Anne Casimir Pyramus de Candolle (1866)
Native to: Mexico and South America
‘serpens’ if from latin word for snake, possibly referring to the creeping habit or distinctive markings on the flowers
Photo by plantitadeliciosa
Peperomia sincorana
Described by: Anne Casimir Pyramus de Candolle (1917)
Native to: Northeast Brazil
Photo by cactus_filipe
Peperomia sp. Morro do Capao
Native to: Brazil?
Photo by urbanjungleasians
Peperomia strawii
Described by: Paul Clifford Hutchison, Guillermo Pino and Olivier Klopfenstein (2004)
Native to: El Salvador, Peru
‘stawii’ means named after Richard Myron Straw, botanist
Photo by urbanjungleasians
Peperomia tetragona
Synonyms: Peperomia puteolata
Common names: Parallel Peperomia
Described by: William Trelease (1936)
Native to: Peru, Western South America, Southern America
‘tetragona’ means four-angled
Photo by plants.of.mel
Peperomia tetraphylla
Described by: William Jackson Hooker (1832)
Native to: Americas, Africa, Asia, Australia, New Zealand
‘tetraphylla’ means four-leaved
Photo by reeds_garden
Peperomia trifolia
Described by: Albert Gottfried Dietrich (1831)
Native to: Leeward Is., Peru, Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Is.
‘trifolia’ means three leaves, each leaf divided into three parts
Photo by James Steakley
Peperomia trinervis
Described by: Hipólito Ruiz López and José Antonio Pavon (1798)
Native to: Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela
‘trinervis’ means three-nerved
Photo by gangstaplantsmama
Peperomia trinervula
Synonyms: Peperomia trinervula ‘Amigo Marcelo’, Peperomia ‘Amigo Marcelo’
Described by: Anne Casimir Pyramus de Candolle (1869)
Native to: Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Honduras, Panamá, Peru, Venezuela
Photo by Houseplants.xyz / Negabiljaka.com
Peperomia turboensis
Trade names: Peperomia turboensis, Peperomia buntingii
Described by: Truman George Yuncker (1950)
Native to: Colombia, Venezuela
Photo by bo.tan.ist
Peperomia urocarpa
Described by: Friedrich Ernst Ludwig von Fischer and Carl Anton von Meyer
Native to: South America
Photo by corgisandplants
Peperomia urvilleana
Described by: Achille Richard
Native to: Fiji, Kermadec Is., New Caledonia, New Zealand, Norfolk Is., Samoa, Solomon Is., Vanuatu
‘urvilleana’ means named after JSC Dumont d’Urville, botanist
Photo by ajdirga
Peperomia velutina
Described by: Ignatz Urban (1899)
Native to: Colombia and Ecuador
‘velutina’ means velvety
Cultivars: ‘Bicolor’
Photo by kevinsgreenpets
Peperomia verschaffeltii
Trade names: Peperomia ‘Mini Watermelon’
Described by: Charles Lemaire (1869)
Native to: Peru
‘verschaffeltii’ means named after Ambroise Alexandre Verschaffelt, botanical artist
Photo by sproutinmyheart
Peperomia verticillata
Synonyms: Peperomia rubella
Described by: Albert Gottfried Dietrich
Native to: Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica
‘verticillata’ means whorl (arrangement of leaves, sepals, petals, stamens, or carpels that radiate from a single point and surround or wrap around the stem or stalk)
Cultivars: ‘Belly Button’
Photo by Houseplants.xyz / Negabiljaka.com
Peperomia vestita var. lindenii
Trade names: Peperomia liadensis, Peperomia ‘Velvetree’
Described by: Werner Rauh (2000)
Native to: Bolivia
‘vestita’ means clothed, dressed, ‘lindenii’ means named after Jean-Jules Linden
Photo by cheewithplants
Peperomia villicaulis
Trade names: Peperomia villacaulus, Peperomia ‘La Laja Trace’
Described by: Anne Casimir Pyramus de Candolle (1908)
Native to: Peru
‘villicaulis’ means with a shaggy stem
Photo by lrod_tropicalplants
Peperomia wolfgang-krahnii
Described by: Werner Rauh (1986)
Native to: Peru
Photo by vicks_plants
Peperomia cultivars and hybrids
Peperomia acuminata ‘Variegata’
Trade names: Peperomia acuminata ‘Variegata’, Peperomia acuminata variegated
Photo by peperodendron
Peperomia argyreia ‘Costa Rica’
Trade names: Peperomia ‘Costa Rica’
Inventor: Per Christensen
Patent: USPP32128P2
Photo by mellasjungle
Peperomia argyreia ‘Variegata’
Trade names: Peperomia argyreia variegata, Peperomia argyreia variegated
Photo by theplantmands
Peperomia ‘Brasilia’
Trade names: Peperomia ‘Brasilia’
Inventor: Per Siggaard Christensen
Patent: USPP31460P2
Photo by plants.from.heaven
Peperomia caperata ‘Abricos’
Trade names: Peperomia ‘Abricos’, Peperomia caperata ‘Abricos’
Photo by Houseplants.xyz / Negabiljaka.com
Peperomia caperata ‘Black Ripple’
Trade names: Peperomia ‘Black Ripple’
Photo by morethan2016
Peperomia caperata ‘Burbella’
Trade names: Peperomia ‘Burbella’
Photo by stephenhsmiths
Peperomia caperata ‘Emerald Ripple’
Trade names: Peperomia ‘Emerald Ripple’
Peperomia caperata ‘Lilian’
Trade names: Peperomia ‘Lilian’
Photo by plantmadsisters
Peperomia caperata ‘Luna Red’
Trade names: Peperomia ‘Luna Red’
Photo by jllivingspace
Peperomia caperata ‘Moonlight’
Trade names: Peperomia ‘Moonlight’
Inventor: Obed Jacob Smit
Patent: USPP31418P2
Photo by plantdad.ca
Peperomia caperata ‘Pink Lady’
Trade names: Peperomia ‘Pink Lady’
Photo by blushingvines
Peperomia caperata ‘Pink Lady Variegata’
Trade names: Peperomia ‘Pink Lady Variegata’
Photo by plant.addiction.story
Peperomia caperata ‘Quito’
Trade names: Peperomia ‘Quito’
Photo by gideonsgreen
Peperomia caperata ‘Ripple Variegata’
Trade names: Peperomia ‘Ripple Variegata’, Peperomia ‘Ripple Variegated’
Photo by a.j.arun
Peperomia caperata ‘Shumi Red’
Trade names: Peperomia caperata ‘Shumi Red’, Peperomia ‘Shumi Red’
Photo by condoplanter
Peperomia caperata ‘Silver Ripple’
Trade names: Peperomia ‘Silver Ripple’
Photo by ontdekjestekje
Peperomia caperata ‘Teresa’
Trade names: Peperomia ‘Teresa’
Photo by houseplant_junkie
Peperomia clusiifolia ‘Black Knight’
Trade names: Peperomia ‘Black Knight’, Peperomia ‘Red Margin’, Peperomia ‘Red Edge’
Photo by prameswari_florist
Peperomia clusiifolia ‘Tricolor’
Trade names: Peperomia ‘Jellie’, Peperomia ‘Jelly’
Photo by Houseplants.xyz / Negabiljaka.com
Peperomia clusiifolia ‘Variegata’
Trade names: Peperomia clusiifolia ‘Variegata’
Photo by mossylady
Peperomia cubensis ‘Variegata’
Trade names: Peperomia cubensis ‘Variegata’
Photo by tani_plants
Peperomia ‘Eden Rosso’
Trade names: Peperomia ‘Eden Rosso’, Peperomia ‘Rosso’
Inventor: Obed Smit
Patent: USPP24379P3
Photo by Houseplants.xyz / Negabiljaka.com
Peperomia ‘Frost’
Trade names: Peperomia ‘Frost’, Peperomia ‘Silver Frost’
Photo by _jesses.jungle_
Peperomia ‘Fuzzy Mistery’
Trade names: Peperomia ‘Fuzzy Mistery’
Photo by ofplantsandyarn
Peperomia glabella ‘Red Stem’
Trade names: Peperomia glabella ‘Red Stem’
Photo by moplantinglove
Peperomia griseo-argetea ‘Blackie’
Trade names: Peperomia griseo-argetea ‘Blackie’, Peperomia ‘Blackie’
Photo by indoorplant_life_nz
Peperomia griseo-argenta ‘Wavy Gravy’
Trade names: Peperomia ‘Wavy Gravy’
Photo by park_and_plants
Peperomia ‘Harmony’s Gold Dust Woman’
Trade names: Peperomia ‘Harmony’s Gold Dust Woman’
Photo by theres_a_party_in_my_plants
Peperomia ‘Harmony’s Great Pumpkin’
Trade names: Peperomia ‘Harmony’s Great Pumpkin’
Photo by the_hobby_planter
Peperomia ‘Harmony’s Midnight Wave’
Trade names: Peperomia ‘Harmony’s Midnight Wave’
Photo by yukosthings
Peperomia ‘Little Toscani’
Trade names: Peperomia ‘Little Toscani’
Inventor: Obed Jacob Smit
Patent: US20180077842P1
Photo by growinginmass
Peperomia marmorata ‘Silver Heart’
Trade names: Peperomia ‘Silver Heart’
Photo by houseofrareplants
Peperomia ‘Mendoza’
Trade names: Peperomia ‘Mendoza’
Inventor: Per Siggaard Christensen
Patent: USPP31735P2
Photo by someone.next.door
Peperomia meridana ‘Variegata’
Trade names: Peperomia meridiana variegata
Photo by da_plantjourney
Peperomia metallica ‘Colombiana’
Trade names: Peperomia metallica ‘Colombiana’, Peperomia ‘Colombiana’, Peperomia metallica, Peperomia ‘Galaxy’
Photo by Houseplants.xyz / Negabiljaka.com
Peperomia metallica ‘Narrow Form’
Trade names: Peperomia metallica ‘Ecuador’, Peperomia metallica ‘Narrow Form’
Photo by mrsohplantlady
Peperomia ‘Milano’
Trade names: Peperomia ‘Milano’
Photo by lauraliebe
Peperomia ‘Napoli Nights’
Trade names: Peperomia ‘Napoli Nights’
Inventor: Obed Jacob Smit
Patent: US20180077841P1 described as a cross between a Peperomia marmorata cultivar and peruviana cultivar
Photo by Houseplants.xyz / Negabiljaka.com
Peperomia nitida ‘Crane’s Flecked’
Trade names: Peperomia scandens ‘Crane’s Flecked’
Photo by goodandplantiful
Peperomia nitida ‘Variegata’
Trade names: Peperomia scandens ‘Variegata’, Peperomia scandens variegated
Photo by Houseplants.xyz / Negabiljaka.com
Peperomia obtusifolia ‘Golden Cais’
Trade names: Peperomia limao, Peperomia ‘Golden Cais’
Photo by joads83
Peperomia obtusifolia ‘Golden Gate’
Trade names: Peperomia ‘Golden Gate’
Peperomia obtusifolia ‘Green Gold’
Trade names: Peperomia ‘Green Gold’
Photo by Houseplants.xyz / Negabiljka.com
Peperomia obtusifolia ‘Lime Green’
Trade names: Peperomia ‘Lime Green’, Peperomia ‘Lime’
Photo by actionathena
Peperomia obtusifolia ‘Marble’
Trade names: Peperomia obtusifolia ‘Marble’, Peperomia ‘Marble’
Photo by ashleypipernik
Peperomia obtusifolia ‘Red Canyon’
Trade names: Peperomia ‘Red Canyon’
Peperomia obtusifolia ‘Red Edge’
Trade names: Peperomia ‘Red Edge’, Peperomia ‘Red Margin’
Photo by iplaywithplants
Peperomia obtusifolia ‘Variegata’
Trade names: Peperomia obtusifolia ‘Variegata’, Peperomia obtusifolia ‘USA’
Photo by rubberduckyrootz
Peperomia orba ‘Pixie’
Trade names: Peperomia ‘Pixie’
Photo by Houseplants.xyz / Negabiljaka.com
Peperomia orba ‘Pixie Lime’
Trade names: Peperomia ‘Pixie Lime’
Photo by plant.mom_ma
Peperomia orba ‘Silver Shadow’
Trade names: Peperomia ‘Pixie Variegata’, Peperomia ‘Pixie Variegated’
Inventor: Kees Schoenmakers
Patent: USPP18144P2
Photo by Houseplants.xyz / Negabiljaka.com
Peperomia orba ‘Variegata’
Trade names: Peperomia orba ‘Variegata’, Peperomia orba variegated
Photo by beautiful.therapy
Peperomia ‘Peppermil’
Trade names: Peperomia ‘Peppermil’
Photo by frogtown_plants
Peperomia ‘Pepperspot’
Trade names: Peperomia ‘Pepperspot’
Photo by Houseplants.xyz / Negabiljaka.com
Peperomia ‘Piccolo Banda’
Trade names: Peperomia ‘Piccolo Banda’
Inventor: Obed Jacob Smit
Patent: US20180077840P1
Photo by Houseplants.xyz / Negabiljaka.com
Peperomia polybotrya ‘Variegata’
Trade names: Peperomia polybotrya variegata, Peperomia polybotrya variegated
Photo by Houseplants.xyz / Negabiljaka.com
Peperomia ‘Rana Verde’
Trade names: Peperomia ‘Rana Verde’
Inventor: Obed Jacob Smit
Patent: USPP29418P3
Photo by Houseplants.xyz / Negabiljaka.com
Peperomia ‘Rana Verde Variegata’
Trade names: Peperomia ‘Rana Verde Variegata’, Peperomia ‘Rana Verde’ variegated
Photo by hansy.plant
Peperomia ‘Red Log’
Trade names: Peperomia ‘Red Log’
Inventor: Obed Jacob Smit
Patent: USPP28822P2
Photo by plantmomma_gyn
Peperomia ‘Red Rosso’
Trade names: Peperomia ‘Red Rosso’
Photo by mamak_kebun
Peperomia resediflora ‘Variegata’
Trade names: Peperomia fraseri ‘Variegata’, Peperomia fraseri variegated
Photo by corypaul2
Peperomia ‘Ruby Cascade’
Trade names: Peperomia ‘Ruby Cascade’
Photo by _homeiswhereyourplantsare_
Peperomia rugosa ‘Aussie Gold’
Trade names: Peperomia rugosa ‘Aussie Gold’, Peperomia ‘Aussie Gold’
Photo by hoardyculturalist
Peperomia rugosa ‘Equador’
Trade names: Peperomia ‘Equador’, Peperomia ‘Ecuador’
Photo by Houseplants.xyz / Negabiljaka.com
Peperomia ‘San Marino’
Trade names: Peperomia ‘San Marino’
Inventor: Obed Jacob Smit
Patent: USPP29565P3
Photo by lenavirginia
Peperomia ‘Santorini’
Trade names: Peperomia ‘Santorini’, Peperomio ‘Punto Grigio’
Photo by roots.with.rhi
Peperomia ‘Saksun’
Trade names: Peperomia’Saksun’
Photo by pearspring_shop
Peperomia ‘Steve’s Leaves Chameleon’
Trade names: Peperomia ‘Steve’s Leaves Chameleon’
Inventor: Steve’s Leaves
Photo by planties_inabunch
Peperomia ‘Sunrise’
Trade names: Peperomia ‘Sunrise’
Inventor: Obed Jacob Smit
Patent: USPP29417P3
Photo by hecticplants
Peperomia velutina ‘Bicolor’
Trade names: Peperomia velutina ‘Bicolor’
Photo by goodandplantiful
Peperomia verticillata ‘Belly Button’
Trade names: Peperomia verticillata ‘Belly Button’, Peperomia ‘Belly Button’
Photo by urban.jungle.de
Changelog
April 11 2021:
– verticillata ‘Belly Button’ photo added
March 24 2021:
– clusiifolia ‘Variegata’ photo added
– metallica ‘Narrow Form’ photo added
March 06 2021:
– flexicaulis photo updated
March 03 2021:
– metallica photo added
– orba ‘Variegata’ photo added
– magnoliifolia photo added
– boivinii photo added
– nivalis var. lepadiphylla added
– sp. Morro do Capao added
– strawii phoro added
– polycephala photo added
– resediflora ‘variegata’ photo added
March 02 2021:
– ‘Harmony’s Midnight Wave’ photo added
– glabella ‘Red Stem’ photo added
– sincorana photo added
– trifolia photo added
– villicaulis photo added
February 27 2021:
– quadrangularis photo added
– ‘Harmony’s Great Pumpkin’ photo added
February 26 2021:
– villicaulis added
– hispindula added
– orba ‘Pixie Lime’ photo added
– orba ‘Variegata’ added
– acuminata ‘Variegata’ photo added
February 25 2021:
– boivinii added
– acuminata ‘Variegata’ added
– moticola photo added
February 24 2021:
– clusiifolia photo added
– obtusifolia photo added
– ‘Silver Heart’ added
– hutchisonii photo added
– tetraphylla photo added
– sincorana added
– bangroana added
February 23 2021:
– article is published.
– eburnea added
– ‘Milano’ added
– marmorata photo added
