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Peperomia serpens (Sw.) Loud. (Hort. Brit. 13. 1830.) Localities: West Indies (native), Lesser Antilles (native) [Grenada, Monserrat, St. Eustatius, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Vincent], Greater Antilles [Jamaica (native), Hispaniola (native)[ Dominican Republic, Haiti,], Puerto Rico (native)[], Virgin Islands (native) ( St. Thomas, ) ], North America (Mexico), Mexico (native), Central America (native), South America (Brazil; Peru), Common Names: Gironflée (L. Antilles), Malimbé (L. Antilles), Mourron (L. Antilles), Queue de souris (L. Antilles), Ti-mourron (L. Antilles), Vinagre (Puerto Rico), Synonyms: Panicum serpens (Sw.) Lodd. (Moscosoa 6: 86. 1990, error in table.), Peperomia ionophylla Griseb. (Pl. Wright. 1: 175. 1860.), Peperomia myosurus Willd. ex A. Dietr. (Sp. Pl. 1: 159. 1831.), Peperomia reniformis Hook. (Exot. Fl. 3: t. 164. 1825.), Peperomia scandens Ruiz & Pav. (Fl. Peruv. 1: 32. 1798.), Peperomia scandens Ruiz & Pav. var. fertilior C. DC. (in A.L.P.P. de Candolle, Prodr. 16(1): 434. 1869.), Piper bracteatum J.V. Thomps. (Trans. Linn. Soc. London 9: 203. 1808.), Piper guildingianum Spreng. (Syst. Veg. ed., 16, 4: Cur. post. 20. 1827.), Piper serpens Sw. (Prodr. 16. 1788.), Citations:1). Adams, C.D. 1972. Flowering Plants of Jamaica. University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica. 848 pp. 2). Britton, N.L. and P. Wilson. 1923-1926. Botany of Porto Rico and Virgin Islands. Scientific Survey of Porto Rico and Virgin Islands. New York Academy of Sciences, New York. 3). Flora of Trinidad and Tobago: This flora was published in many parts with many authors. There is no overall editor. R. O. Williams was author of the first treatment and of many others. 4). Howard, R.A. 1974-1989. Flora of the Lesser Antilles. Vols. 1-6. Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University. Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. 5). Hoyos F., J. 1985. Flora de la isla de Margarita, Venezuela. Caracas, Venezuela. 6). Liogier, A.H. 1982-2000. La flora de la Española. Univ. Central de Este, San Pedro de Macoris. Taller, República Dominicana. 7). Liogier, A.H. 1985-1997. Descriptive Flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands. Spermatophyta. Vols. 1-5. Editorial Universitaria, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico. 8). Lorenzo, J.S., B. Peguero, and A. Veloz. 2000. Flora de la Peninsula de Samana, Republica Dominicana. Moscosoa 9: 133-188. 9). Mathieu, G. 2001-2007. Taxonomic Repertory of the Genus Peperomia. Website: www.peperomia.net 10). Méndez Santos, I.E. 2003. Verbenaceae. Flora de la República de Cuba, Serie A, Plantas Vasculares. Fasc. 7(3): 1-126. 11). Otero, J.I., R.A. Toro and Pagán de Otero. 1945. Catalogo de los nombres vulgares y científicos de algunas plantas puertorriqueñas. 2nd. ed. Universidad de Puerto Rico. 12). Tropicos.org. 2008. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis. Website: www.tropicos.org 13). Urban, I. 1898-1928. Symbolae Antillanae, Vol. 1-9. Berlin, Leipzig, Germany. 14). Zuloaga, F.O. et al. 2003. Catalogue of New World grasses (Poaceae): III. subfamilies Panicoideae, Aristidoideae, Arundinoideae, and Danthonioideae. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 46: 1-662. Last edited 09 Jun 10 |