Peperomia myrtifolia(Vahl) A.Dietr.

myrtleleaf peperomia

WFO wfo-0001092392 Accepted WFO 2026-06 4 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–d · 2 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 2 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Peperomia myrtifolia, photographed by Dan Schofield
fig. a Dan Schofield, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-03-29 / obs. 185356164
Peperomia myrtifolia, photographed by Dan Schofield
fig. b Dan Schofield, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 185356228
Peperomia myrtifolia, photographed by Michael Bakker Paiva
fig. c Michael Bakker Paiva, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 173271123
Peperomia myrtifolia, photographed by Michael Bakker Paiva
fig. d Michael Bakker Paiva, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 173271116

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Native range 4 botanical countries

Regions where Peperomia myrtifolia is native: Brazil Southeast, Leeward Is., Puerto Rico, Windward Is. Brazil SoutheastPuerto Rico Leeward Is.Windward Is.
Native distribution of Peperomia myrtifolia, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Brazil Southeast BZL SOUTHERN AMERICA
Leeward Is. LEE
Puerto Rico PUE
Windward Is. WIN

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 28 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Peperomia auberyana Trel.
  • Peperomia barthelemyana Trel. ex Questel
  • Peperomia barthelemyana var. genuina Trel.
  • Peperomia barthelemyana var. reducta Trel.
  • Peperomia boldinghii C.DC.
  • Peperomia broadwayi C.DC.
  • Peperomia doleana Trel. ex Stehlé
  • Peperomia dolosa Trel.
  • Peperomia hamiltoniana var. emarginata C.DC.
  • Peperomia myrtifolia f. latifolia Miq.
  • Peperomia myrtifolia f. puberula Miq.
  • Peperomia myrtifolia lus. latifolia (Miq.) Miq.
  • Peperomia myrtifolia lus. puberula (Miq.) Miq.
  • Peperomia myrtifolia lus. rotundifolia Miq.
  • Peperomia myrtifolia var. latifolia Miq.
  • Peperomia myrtifolia var. major Trel.
  • Peperomia myrtifolia var. oblongifolia Regel
  • Peperomia myrtifolia var. ovatifolia Regel
  • Peperomia myrtifolia var. typica Trel.
  • Peperomia persuccosa C.DC.
  • Peperomia persuccosa var. benae Stehlé
  • Peperomia persuccosa var. bertautii Stehlé
  • Peperomia rupertiana C.DC.
  • Peperomia rupertiana var. genuina Stehlé

and 4 more.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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