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.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

Rincon, A 2376

May 23, 2001

Location

Mexico, Veracruz

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

Davidson, C 10889

February 17, 2002

Location

Costa Rica, Heredia

10.146972, -83.946167

Location Remarks

Parque Nacional Braulio Carillo. Roadside barrow near Rio Sucio, off main highway 32.

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Piperales

Family

Piperaceae

Genus

Peperomia

Specific Epithet

urocarpa

Authorship

Fisch. & C.A.Mey.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

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

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.3

Global rank

#151,976 of 335,497

Top 46%

Extinction probability

12%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →

Synonyms (1)

Peperomia major (Miq.) C.DC.

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy