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Peperomia humilis A.Dietr.

Low peperomia

Native records: 5 botanical areas

Dominican Republic, Florida, Haiti, 2 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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Photograph of Peperomia humilis

A perennial of seasonally dry tropical climates. Native to Puerto Rico, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Dominican Republic, Guadeloupe and elsewhere.

This entry carries only the classification and distribution data recorded in WCVP. A written account is not yet available.

Distribution areas

  • Anguilla

    • Leeward Is. AB AntNative
  • Antigua and Barbuda

    • Leeward Is. AB AntNative
  • Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba

    • Leeward Is. AB AntNative
  • Dominican Republic

    • Dominican RepublicNative
  • Guadeloupe

    • Leeward Is. AB AntNative
  • Haiti

    • HaitiNative
  • Montserrat

    • Leeward Is. AB AntNative
  • Puerto Rico

    • HaitiNative
    • Puerto RicoNative
  • Saint Barthélemy

    • Leeward Is. AB AntNative
  • Saint Kitts and Nevis

    • Leeward Is. AB AntNative
  • Saint Martin (French part)

    • Leeward Is. AB AntNative
  • Sint Maarten (Dutch part)

    • Leeward Is. AB AntNative
  • United States of America

    • FloridaNative
  • Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of

    • Leeward Is. AB AntNative
  • Viet Nam

    • VietnamIntroduced
  • Virgin Islands (British)

    • Leeward Is. AB AntNative
  • Virgin Islands (U.S.)

    • Leeward Is. AB AntNative

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.

  • Cfa Temperate, no dry season, hot summer
  • Af Tropical, rainforest
  • Aw Tropical, savannah
  • Am Tropical, monsoon
  • Cfb Temperate, no dry season, warm summer

The same climate occurs in 170 areas worldwide, 164 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

Low peperomia、Polynesian peperomia、Polynesian Peperomia

Family
Piperaceae
Genus
Peperomia

Other species in Peperomia

Sources

  • World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04

    Anguilla · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv

    Open source
  • World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04

    Antigua and Barbuda · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv

    Open source
  • World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04

    Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv

    Open source
  • World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04

    Saint Barthélemy · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv

    Open source
  • World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04

    Dominican Republic · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv

    Open source
  • World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04

    Guadeloupe · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv

    Open source
  • World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04

    Haiti · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv

    Open source
  • World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04

    Saint Kitts and Nevis · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv

    Open source
  • World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04

    Saint Martin (French part) · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv

    Open source
  • World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04

    Montserrat · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv

    Open source
  • World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04

    Puerto Rico · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv

    Open source
  • World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04

    Sint Maarten (Dutch part) · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv

    Open source
  • World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04

    United States of America · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv

    Open source
  • World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04

    Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv

    Open source
  • World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04

    Virgin Islands (British) · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv

    Open source
  • World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04

    Virgin Islands (U.S.) · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv

    Open source
  • World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04

    Viet Nam · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv

    Open source

Image information

  • Photograph of Peperomia humilis

    David Eickhoff from Pearl City, Hawaii, USA · CC BY 2.0 · File page