Native to 164 botanical countries across Africa, Temperate Asia, Tropical Asia, Australasia, Pacific, Northern America, Southern America, and Other regions; introduced into Easter Is., Gulf States, Northern Territory, Western Australia (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 56 occurrences across 12 countries.
Location
Mexico, Chiapas (Rayón)
17.209056, -92.966472
Location Remarks
Mirador La Selva Negra. Por Cta. Rincon Chamula (Cta 195), c. 2.2 km noroeste de Rincon Chamula. 1898 m elev.
Collectors
No collectors specified
Location
Ecuador, Carchi (Tulcán Canton)
0.802222, -77.929167
Location Remarks
Paramo del Angel, along road from El Chical to Tulcán, 68.1 km E of El Chical, 13.6 km W of Tufiño plaza. 3200 m elev.
Collectors
Tom B. Croat, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
Epiphyte; spikes greenish, erect.
Location
Ecuador, Los Rios (Canton Caluma)
-1.645556, -79.332778
Location Remarks
Cerro Samama, SE of Potosí, SW of Caluma, South of Río Pita, vicinity of village of Pita, between Pita and Escuela 18 de Deciembre. 164-400 m elev.
Collectors
Tom B. Croat, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
Epiphyte or hemiepiphyte creeping up a tree bole; inflorescence branched; spikes wiry and curved; some leaf blades violet-purple below.
Location
Peru, Cusco, Calca (Lares District)
-12.983889, -72.063333
Location Remarks
Distrito Lares. Manto. Bosque intervenido en el borde de la carretera. 6292 m elev.
Collectors
Rodolfo Vásquez Martínez, Christopher Davidson, Efraín Suclli, Jim Farfán Vargas, Antonio Peña Cruz
Notes
Hierba 0.7 m; espigas verdes.
Location
Costa Rica, Heredia (Pococí Canton, Guápiles)
10.146972, -83.946167
Location Remarks
Parque Nacional Braulio Carillo. Roadside barrow near Rio Sucio, off main highway 32.
Collectors
Barry E. Hammel, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
Hierba terreste, mas tarde posiblemente convertiendo en un bejuco.
Location
Ecuador, Napo (El Chaco Canton)
-0.096111, -77.816667
Location Remarks
Along road from Baeza to Lago Agrio, 10 km SE of Manuel Galindo.
Collectors
Tom B. Croat, Geneviève Ferry, Christopher Davidson
Notes
Epiphyte, branching; spikes greenish.
Location
Ecuador, Zamora Chinchipe (Zamora Canton)
-3.973694, -79.077333
Location Remarks
Vía Loja-Zamora, Estación Cientifica San Francisco, sendero zig-zag, camino canal y Q2. 1862 m elev.
Collectors
Carmen Ulloa Ulloa, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, Xavier Clavijo
Notes
Hierba 0.5 m, pecíolo variegado de marrón. Inflorescencias inmaduras verdes con puntitos marrón.
Location
Mexico, Chiapas (Rayón)
17.209056, -92.966472
Location Remarks
Mirador La Selva Negra. Por Cta. Rincon Chamula (Cta 195), c. 2.2 km noroeste de Rincon Chamula. 1898 m elev.
Collectors
Nayely Martínez Melendez, Josefa Anahi Espinosa-Jimenez, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
Grietas en pared de caliza.
Location
Ecuador, Zamora Chinchipe, El Pangui (El Pangui Canton)
-3.630278, -78.447222
Location Remarks
Cordillera del Cóndor. Summit area of sandstone plateau, a western spur of the Cóndor, Contrafuerte Tres Patines, south of Río Tundayme, above the military road to Cóndor Mirador. Dense, wet dwarf forest and low shrubby vegetation. 1680 m elev.
Collectors
Location
Ecuador, Pichincha (Quito)
0.021944, -78.746944
Location Remarks
Along road between Tandayapa and Mindo, vicinity of Bellavisata Tourist Lodge, 6.5 km N of Tandayapa on old road from Nono to Mindo. 2270 m elev.
Collectors
Tom B. Croat, Geneviève Ferry, Christopher Davidson
Notes
Large vine; branches pendent, highly branched; spikes upright, greenish.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Piperales
Family
Piperaceae
Genus
Peperomia
Authorship
Ruiz & Pav.