Peperomia tetragona
Species of plant
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Peperomia tetragona is a species of flowering plant in the family Piperaceae.[2] It is native to South America with a range from Ecuador, Peru, and Paraguay to central/western Brazil.[1] Long grown as a houseplant in temperate climates, it is often known by its synonym Peperomia puteolata or as the parallel Peperomia for the parallel venation on its elliptical leaves.[3][4]
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| Peperomia tetragona at the Garfield Park Conservatory | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Piperales |
| Family: | Piperaceae |
| Genus: | Peperomia |
| Species: | P. tetragona |
| Binomial name | |
| Peperomia tetragona | |
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