Peperomia tetraphylla var. tetraphylla

Native to:

Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Assam, Bangladesh, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Ecuador, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Free State, Gabon, Guatemala, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Malawi, Mauritius, Mexican Pacific Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, New South Wales, New Zealand North, Nicaragua, Norfolk Is., Northern Provinces, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Rwanda, Réunion, Sierra Leone, Society Is., Socotra, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tibet, Tubuai Is., Uganda, Uruguay, Venezuela, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Easter Is., Hawaii

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

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Kew Backbone Distributions

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