Native records: 4 botanical areas
Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, 1 more areas
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Distribution is shown as WGSRPD Level 3 areas. It does not imply the species occurs throughout an entire area.
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An epiphyte of wet tropical climates. Native to Puerto Rico, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti.
This entry carries only the classification and distribution data recorded in WCVP. A written account and images are not yet available.
Distribution areas
Cuba
- CubaNative
Dominican Republic
- Dominican RepublicNative
Haiti
- HaitiNative
Puerto Rico
- HaitiNative
- Puerto RicoNative
Climate of the native range
The Köppen climate classes found in the areas this plant is recorded as native to. It does not mean an entire area has that climate.
- Aw Tropical, savannah
- Af Tropical, rainforest
- Am Tropical, monsoon
- Cfb Temperate, no dry season, warm summer
The same climate occurs in 136 areas worldwide, 132 of which have no record of this plant. See them on the map
A matching climate does not mean the plant can grow there. Range limits are also set by things other than climate — dispersal history, soils, competition. Source: Beck et al. (2023), CC BY 4.0 (observed period 1991–2020).
Other names
yerba de guava falso
- Family
- Piperaceae
- Genus
- Peperomia
Other species in Peperomia
Sources
World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04
Cuba · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv
Open sourceWorld Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04
Dominican Republic · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv
Open sourceWorld Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04
Haiti · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv
Open sourceWorld Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04
Puerto Rico · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv
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