Peperomia retusa cf--Kenya. Kakamega Forest. 8 Jul 04. 174.jpg
Peperomia retusa cf--Kenya. Kakamega Forest. 8 Jul 04. 167.jpg
Peperomia retusa cf--Kenya. Kakamega Forest. 8 Jul 04. 176.jpg
Peperomia retusa cf--Kenya. Kakamega Forest. 8 Jul 04. 175.jpg
Peperomia retusa cf--Kenya. Kakamega Forest. 8 Jul 04. 166.jpg
Peperomia retusa cf--Kenya. Kakamega Forest. 8 Jul 04. 172.jpg
Peperomia retusa cf--Kenya. Kakamega Forest. 8 Jul 04. 171.jpg
Peperomia retusa cf--Kenya. Kakamega Forest. 8 Jul 04. 168.jpg
Peperomia retusa--So.Africa. Mpumal. Buffelskloof Private Nat. Res. 17 Mch 05. 225.jpg
Peperomia retusa--So.Africa. Mpumal. Buffelskloof Private Nat. Res. 17 Mch 05. 223.jpg
Peperomia retusa--So.Africa. Mpumal. Buffelskloof Private Nat. Res. 17 Mch 05. 222.jpg
Peperomia retusa--So.Africa. Mpumal. Buffelskloof Private Nat. Res. 17 Mch 05. 271.jpg
Peperomia retusa--So.Africa. Mpumal. Buffelskloof Private Nat. Res. 17 Mch 05. 224.jpg
Peperomia retusa--So.Africa. Mpumal. Buffelskloof Private Nat. Res. 17 Mch 05. 268.jpg
Peperomia retusa--So Africa. No. Drakensberg Mts. Royal Nat. Res. Thendele. 6 Oct 03. 071.jpg
Peperomia retusa--So Africa. No. Drakensberg Mts. Royal Nat. Res. Thendele. 6 Oct 03. 070.jpg
Peperomia retusa--So Africa. No. Drakensberg Mts. Royal Nat. Res. Thendele. 6 Oct 03. 072.jpg
Peperomia retusa--So Africa. No. Drakensberg Mts. Royal Nat. Res. Thendele. 6 Oct 03. 073.jpg
Peperomia retusa--So Africa. No. Drakensberg Mts. Royal Nat. Res. Thendele. 6 Oct 03. 074.jpg
Native to Burundi, Cabinda, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, DR Congo, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Free State, Gulf of Guinea Is., Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 3 occurrences across 2 countries.
Location
Kenya, Kericho (Kipchebor)
-0.378611, 35.266389
Location Remarks
Gilgil on Hwy A1
Collectors
No collectors specified
Location
South Africa, Mpumalanga, Ehlanzeni (Thaba Chweu, Lydenburg)
-25.315833, 30.495278
Location Remarks
Buffelskloof Private Nature Reserve
Collectors
No collectors specified
Location
South Africa
Location Remarks
Northern Drakensberg Mountains. Royal Natal National Park, near Thendele Lodge
Collectors
No collectors specified
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Piperales
Family
Piperaceae
Genus
Peperomia
Specific Epithet
retusa
Authorship
(L.fil.) A.Dietr.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 2.6
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.4
Global rank
#115,747 of 335,497
Top 35%
Extinction probability
14%
