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Accession Data:

Peperomia obtusifolia (L.) A. Dietr.

  • Common Name: American Rubberplant
  • Family: Piperaceae Agardh.

  • Country of Origin: tropical America and S. Florida

  • USDA Zone: 11?

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 198500340
  • Source: Unknown
  • Accession Date: 12-31-1985
  • Bench: 3307 - NEOB: Bromeliad Island
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 3 confirmed on 02-17-2023

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: magnoliids
  • Order: Piperales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Piperaceae
  • SubFamily: Piperoideae
  • Tribe:
  • SubTribe:

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008

References (internal):

  • Plants used in EEB 2244 - General Ecology
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Florida / Mexico Central / Mexico Northeast / Mexico Gulf / Mexican Pacific Is. / Mexico Northwest / Mexico Southwest / Mexico Southeast / Belize / Costa Rica / El Salvador / Guatemala / Honduras / Nicaragua / Panama / Bahamas / Cuba / Dominican Republic / Haiti / Jamaica / Leeward Is. / Puerto Rico / Windward Is. / Brazil West-Central / Brazil Northeast / Brazil Southeast / Brazil North / Brazil South / French Guiana / Guyana / Suriname / Bolivia / Colombia / Ecuador / Peru

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Wednesday, September 27, 2017.
  2. Irwin P. Ting, Loretta Bates, Leonel O'Reilly Sternberg, and Michael J. Deniro
    Physiological and Isotpic Aspects of Photosynthesis in Peperomia
    Plant Physiol. (1985) 78, 246-249. Last accessed on Wednesday, September 27, 2017.
  3. Peperomia obtusifolia at ARS-GRIN. Last accessed on Wednesday, September 27, 2017.
  4. Images #00 (cropped) & #01 (original) by Jerzy Opioła (Own work) [GFDL or CC BY-SA 4.0-3.0-2.5-2.0-1.0], via Wikimedia Commons. Last accessed on Wednesday, September 27, 2017.

data regenerated on Tue, 21 Feb 2023 15:36:04 -0500 [bcm v4.0]

Images:

Peperomia obtusifolia

Additional images for this accession:

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Current Accessions in the Piperaceae

Subfamily Piperoideae

  • Peperomia acuminata
  • Peperomia amphiplexus
  • Peperomia clusiifolia
  • Peperomia dahlstedtii
  • Peperomia dolabriformis
  • Peperomia glabella
  • Peperomia incana
  • Peperomia obtusifolia
  • Peperomia prostrata
  • Peperomia resediflora
  • Peperomia rubella
  • Peperomia serpens
  • Peperomia unidentified
  • Peperomia urocarpa
  • Piper arboreum
  • Piper cenocladum
  • Piper nigrum
  • Piper sp.
  • Piper sylvaticum
W/C = Wild Collected
= indicates flowering in past 14 days
= images available for this accession
= map available for this accession
= accession added within past 90 days
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