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Internal ID UUID6440018105c71921835368
Scientific name Peperomia quadrifolia
Authority (L.) Kunth
First published in Nov. Gen. Sp. 1: 69 (1816)

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Peperomia quadrifolia is a type of plant belonging to the Peperomia genus in the Piperaceae family. It is found exclusively in Central and South America.

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Peperomia irazuana C.DC. in Pittier Anales Inst. Fís.-Geogr. Nac. Costa Rica 9: 180 (1896 publ. 1898)
Peperomia luxii C.DC. ex Donn.Sm. Bot. Gaz. 19: 260. 1894
Peperomia cabaiana Trel. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 23: 328 (1927)
Peperomia conocarpa Trel. Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 17: 332. 1938
Peperomia santa-rosana C.DC. Bot. Gaz. 19: 10 (1894)
Peperomia standleyi Trel. J. Washington Acad. Sci. 13: 366 (1923)
Peperomia collicola Trel. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 29: 24 (1931)
Peperomia circulifolia Trel. in Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Chicago, Bot. Ser. xvii. 331 (1938).
Piper quadrifolium L. Sp. Pl. ed. 2 : 43 (1762)
Piper portulacifolium Poir. Encycl. , Suppl. 4: 470 (1816)
Peperomia circulifolia var. eciliata Trel. Publ. Field Columb. Mus., Bot. Ser. 17: 332 (1938)
Peperomia circulifolia var. flava Trel. Publ. Field Columb. Mus., Bot. Ser. 17: 331 (1938)
Acrocarpidium jamesonianum Miq. London J. Bot. 4: 412 (1845)
Peperomia jamesoniana var. microphylla C.DC. Prodr. 16(1): 412 (1869)
Peperomia portulacifolia Kunth Nov. Gen. Sp. 1: 70 (1816)
Peperomia sumichrastii C.DC. Annuaire Conserv. Jard. Bot. Genève 2: 278 (1898)
Peperomia subquadrifolia Trel. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 26: 43 (1927)
Peperomia pseudotetraphylla Trel. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 26: 224 (1929)
Peperomia rioalbae Trel. Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 18: 324. 1937
Peperomia pseudotetraphylla var. juvenalis Trel. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 26: 224 (1929)
Peperomia pseudotetraphylla var. dodgei Trel. ex Standl. Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 18: 322. 1937 Fl. Costa Rica
Peperomia stenocaulis C.DC. Candollea 1: 294 (1923)
Peperomia subrenifolia Trel. & Yunck. Piperac. N. South Amer. : 479 (1950)
Peperomia subrenifolia var. microphylla (C.DC.) Trel. & Yunck. Piperac. N. South Amer. : 480 (1950)
Piper affine M.Martens & Galeotti Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 10(1): 129 (1843)
Peperomia schomburgkii C.DC. Prodr. 16(1): 395 (1869)
Piper portulacaefolium Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg. 1: 331 1817
Peperomia quadrifolia f. angusta Dahlst. Kongl. Svenska Vetensk. Acad. Handl. , n.s., 33(2): 186 (1900)

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English fourleaf peperomia

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- Extinct
- Introduced
- Native
  • Northern America
    • Mexico
      • Mexico Central
      • Mexico Gulf
      • Mexico Northeast
      • Mexico Northwest
      • Mexico Southeast
      • Mexico Southwest
  • Southern America
    • Brazil
      • Brazil South
      • Brazil Southeast
    • Caribbean
      • Cuba
      • Dominican Republic
      • Haiti
      • Jamaica
      • Puerto Rico
    • Central America
      • Costa Rica
      • El Salvador
      • Guatemala
      • Honduras
      • Nicaragua
      • Panamá
    • Northern South America
      • Guyana
      • Venezuela
    • Western South America
      • Bolivia
      • Colombia
      • Ecuador
      • Peru

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000477281
USDA Plants PEQU2
Tropicos 25001103
INPN 843317
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:679597-1
The Plant List kew-2555275
Open Tree Of Life 993721
NCBI Taxonomy 405314
IPNI 679597-1
iNaturalist 285871
GBIF 3086416
EOL 596638
USDA GRIN 459531
Wikipedia Peperomia_quadrifolia

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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
Anti-trypanosomal screening of Salvadoran flora Castillo UG, Komatsu A, Martínez ML, Menjívar J, Núñez MJ, Uekusa Y, Narukawa Y, Kiuchi F, Nakajima-Shimada J J Nat Med 16-Sep-2021
PMCID:PMC8732892
doi:10.1007/s11418-021-01562-6
PMID:34529189
Sociocultural and ecological factors influencing management of edible and non-edible plants: the case of Ixcatlán, Mexico Rangel-Landa S, Casas A, García-Frapolli E, Lira R J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 30-Oct-2017
PMCID:PMC5663152
doi:10.1186/s13002-017-0185-4
PMID:29084561
Ixcatec ethnoecology: plant management and biocultural heritage in Oaxaca, Mexico Rangel-Landa S, Casas A, Rivera-Lozoya E, Torres-García I, Vallejo-Ramos M J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 20-Jul-2016
PMCID:PMC4955254
doi:10.1186/s13002-016-0101-3
PMID:27439512
Stelis zootrophionoides (Orchidaceae: Pleurothallidinae), a New Species from Mexico Ramos-Castro SE, Castañeda-Zárate M, Solano-Gómez R, Salazar GA PLoS One 07-Nov-2012
PMCID:PMC3492219
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0048822
PMID:23144987
Toxicity of medicinal plants used in traditional medicine in Northern Peru Bussmann RW, Malca G, Glenn A, Sharon D, Nilsen B, Parris B, Dubose D, Ruiz D, Saleda J, Martinez M, Carillo L, Walker K, Kuhlman A, Townesmith A J Ethnopharmacol 06-May-2011
PMCID:PMC3159793
doi:10.1016/j.jep.2011.04.071
PMID:21575699

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