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Wax Privet
Fabrício Mil Homens Riella, CC BY 4.0, via iNaturalist

Pepper family: Piper & Peperomia

Wax Privet

Peperomia glabella (Sw.) A.Dietr.

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishWax Privet
Dutch—
SpanishOreja de tejón
Chinese玲珑椒草
Scientific namePeperomia glabella (Sw.) A.Dietr.

About this species

Peperomia glabella, commonly known as the cypress peperomia or wax privet, is a species of plant in the genus Peperomia of the family Piperaceae. Its native range is from southern North America to central South America. Three varieties are known. In addition to the basic one they are P. glabella var. nudipetiolata ( Trel. & Yunck.) and P. glabella var. obtusa (Steyerm.).

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Classification

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassMagnoliopsida
OrderPiperales
FamilyPiperaceae
GenusPeperomia

In Suriname

72Records in Suriname
2iNaturalist observations
1842First record
2005Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Sipaliwini20
  • Commewijne4
  • Brokopondo3
  • Saramacca3
  • Marowijne2
  • Paramaribo2

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

Records by month

All years combined.

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