Peperomia san-joseanaC.DC.

WFO wfo-0001091947 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Peperomia san-joseana, photographed by Jake Rehage
fig. a Jake Rehage, CC0 1.0 / 2021-04-25 / obs. 123116475
Peperomia san-joseana, photographed by Jake Rehage
fig. b Jake Rehage, CC0 1.0 / obs. 117973176
Peperomia san-joseana, photographed by Jake Rehage
fig. c Jake Rehage, CC0 1.0 / obs. 109168235
Peperomia san-joseana, photographed by Jake Rehage
fig. d Jake Rehage, CC0 1.0 / obs. 105967387
Peperomia san-joseana, photographed by Grete Pasch
fig. e Grete Pasch, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 107960954
Peperomia san-joseana, photographed by Jake Rehage
fig. f Jake Rehage, CC0 1.0 / obs. 97411654
Peperomia san-joseana, photographed by Jake Rehage
fig. g Jake Rehage, CC0 1.0 / obs. 94871530
Peperomia san-joseana, photographed by Grete Pasch
fig. h Grete Pasch, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 193572447

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The specimen a real sheet, in a real collection

Herbarium
The New York Botanical Garden
Accession
222565
Filed as
Peperomia mala Trel.
Det. by
not recorded on this sheet
Collected
T. G. Yuncker 1936
Origin
HN
The sheet
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Native range 14 botanical countries

Regions where Peperomia san-joseana is native: Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá, Venezuela Mexico CentralMexico GulfMexico SoutheastMexico SouthwestColombiaCosta RicaDominican RepublicEcuadorEl SalvadorGuatemalaHondurasNicaraguaPanamáVenezuela
Native distribution of Peperomia san-joseana, 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.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Colombia CLM SOUTHERN AMERICA
Costa Rica COS
Dominican Republic DOM
Ecuador ECU
El Salvador ELS
Guatemala GUA
Honduras HON
Nicaragua NIC
Panamá PAN
Venezuela VEN
Mexico Central MXC NORTHERN AMERICA
Mexico Gulf MXG
Mexico Southeast MXT
Mexico Southwest MXS

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 achoteana Trel.
  • Peperomia amnicola Trel.
  • Peperomia analecta Trel.
  • Peperomia appellator Trel.
  • Peperomia argumentos Trel.
  • Peperomia brachypus Trel.
  • Peperomia chrysocarpa C.DC.
  • Peperomia coarctata Trel. & Standl.
  • Peperomia collocata Trel.
  • Peperomia eripipunctulata Trel.
  • Peperomia incrassata Trel.
  • Peperomia leonardi var. acuminata Trel.
  • Peperomia leucosticta Trel.
  • Peperomia mala Trel.
  • Peperomia montis-verticis Trel.
  • Peperomia munyecoana Trel.
  • Peperomia nebuligaudens Trel.
  • Peperomia novae-helvetiae Trel.
  • Peperomia pascuicola C.DC.
  • Peperomia pennellii Trel. & Yunck.
  • Peperomia psiloclada C.DC.
  • Peperomia psiloclada var. magnifolia C.DC.
  • Peperomia pterocaulis var. longispica Trel.
  • Peperomia rivi-vetusti Trel.

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. 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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