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Accession Data:

Peperomia serpens (Sw.) Loudon

  • Common Name:
  • Family: Piperaceae Agardh.

  • Country of Origin: Mexico to South America

  • USDA Zone: 11?

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 201400266
  • Source: Brian Leib - Harvard Weld Hill GH
  • Accession Date: 12-18-2014
  • Bench: 3307 - NEOB: Bromeliad Island
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 2 confirmed on 02-17-2023

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: magnoliids
  • Order: Piperales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Piperaceae
  • SubFamily: Piperoideae
  • Tribe:
  • SubTribe:

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015

References (internal):

  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Mexico Gulf / Mexico Southwest / Mexico Southeast / Guatemala / Nicaragua / Panama / Dominican Republic / Haiti / Jamaica / Leeward Is. / Puerto Rico / Trinidad-Tobago / Windward Is. / French Guiana / Guyana / Suriname / Venezuela / Bolivia / Colombia / Ecuador / Peru / Brazil West-Central / Brazil Northeast / Brazil Southeast / Brazil North / Argentina Northeast

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Friday, January 27, 2017.
  2. Peperomia serpens at Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Last accessed on Friday, January 27, 2017.

data regenerated on Tue, 21 Feb 2023 15:36:29 -0500 [bcm v4.0]

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Current Accessions in the Piperaceae

Subfamily Piperoideae

  • Peperomia acuminata
  • Peperomia amphiplexus
  • Peperomia clusiifolia
  • Peperomia dahlstedtii
  • Peperomia dolabriformis
  • Peperomia glabella
  • Peperomia incana
  • Peperomia obtusifolia
  • Peperomia prostrata
  • Peperomia resediflora
  • Peperomia rubella
  • Peperomia serpens
  • Peperomia unidentified
  • Peperomia urocarpa
  • Piper arboreum
  • Piper cenocladum
  • Piper nigrum
  • Piper sp.
  • Piper sylvaticum
W/C = Wild Collected
= indicates flowering in past 14 days
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= accession added within past 90 days
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