Peperomia serpens

Familia: Piperaceae
Subfamilia: Piperoideae
Genus: Peperomia
Species:

Peperomia serpens (Sw.) G.Don, 1830

• Homotypic
  • Acrocarpidium serpens (Sw.) Miq. in Verslagen Meded. Vier Kl. Kon. Ned. Inst. Wetensch. Letterk. Schoone Kunsten 1842: 199 (1843)
  • Pipes serpens Sw. in Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ.: 16 (1788)
  • Verhuellia serpens (Sw.) Miq. in Syst. Piperac.: 49 (1843)
• Heterotypic
  • Acrocarpidium guildingianum (Spreng.) Miq. in London J. Bot. 4: 412 (1845)
  • Acrocarpidium pulicare (Opiz) Miq. in Verslagen Meded. Vier Kl. Kon. Ned. Inst. Wetensch. Letterk. Schoone Kunsten 1842: 199 (1843)
  • Acrocarpidium repens (Kunth) Miq. in Verslagen Meded. Vier Kl. Kon. Ned. Inst. Wetensch. Letterk. Schoone Kunsten 1842: 199 (1843)
  • Acrocarpidium repens f. minus Miq. in London J. Bot. 4: 412 (1845)
  • Acrocarpidium scandens (Ruiz & Pav.) Miq. in Syst. Piperac.: 59 (1843)
  • Peperomia guildingiana (Spreng.) A.Dietr. in Sp. Pl., ed. 6. 1: 162 (1831)
  • Peperomia ionophylla Griseb. in Pl. Wright. 1: 175 (1860)
  • Peperomia myosurus Willd. ex A.Dietr. in Sp. Pl., ed. 6. 1: 160 (1831)
  • Peperomia pulicaris Opiz in C.B.Presl, Reliq. Haenk. 1: 162 (1828)
  • Peperomia reniformis Hook. in Exot. Fl. 3: t. 164 (1825), nom. illeg.
  • Peperomia repens Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 1: 65 (1816)
  • Peperomia scandens Ruiz & Pav. in Fl. Peruv. 1: 32 (1798)
  • Peperomia scandens var. fertilior C.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16(1): 434 (1869)
  • Peperomia scandens var. longispica Trel. in Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 13(2): 93 (1936)
  • Piper bracteatum J.V.Thomps. in Trans. Linn. Soc. London 9: 203 (1808)
  • Piper guildingianum Spreng. in Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 4(2): 20 (1827)
  • Piper herbaceum Miq. in Syst. Piperac.: 96 (1843)
  • Piper myosuros Willd. ex D.Dietr. in Syn. Plant. 1: 110 (1839)
  • Piper pulicare (Opiz) D.Dietr. in Syn. Plant. 1: 110 (1839)
  • Piper repens Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 4: 467 (1816)
  • Piper scandens (Ruiz & Pav.) Vahl in Enum. Pl. Obs. 1: 346 (1804), nom. illeg.

• Don, G. in J.C.Loudon, 1830. Hort. Brit. 13. 1830

• Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. 2012. Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: I–XXV, 1–1192. DOI: 10.5479/si.0081024X.98.1 BHL Reference page. 

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Peperomia serpens in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 May 15. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2025. Peperomia serpens. Published online. Accessed: May 15 2025. Reference page.
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• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Peperomia serpens in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.