Peperomia major, Rincon2376--MX. Veracruz. Volcan San Martin. 24 May 01. 002.JPG
Peperomia major, Rincon2376--MX. Veracruz. Volcan San Martin. 24 May 01. 001.JPG
Peperomia urocarpa, CDavidson10889--Costa Rica. La Selva Biol. Station. 18 Feb 02. 002.jpg
Peperomia urocarpa, CDavidson10889--Costa Rica. La Selva Biol. Station. 18 Feb 02. 001.jpg
Native to Argentina Northeast, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Haiti, Leeward Is., Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Venezuela, Windward Is. (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 2 countries.
Location
Mexico, Veracruz (San Andrés Tuxtla)
18.541111, -95.196389
Location Remarks
Volcan San Martin, lower and upper western slopes.
Collectors
Arturo Rincon, Carlos Duran-Espinosa, Christopher Davidson, James F. Smith
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
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Piperales
Family
Piperaceae
Genus
Peperomia
Specific Epithet
urocarpa
Authorship
Fisch. & C.A.Mey.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 3.1
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.3
Global rank
#151,976 of 335,497
Top 46%
Extinction probability
12%
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
