Peperomia rotundifolia (L.) Kunth

• Region

  North America

• Country

  United States of America

• State/Province

  Florida

• County/Municipio

  Collier Co.

• Locality

  Big Cypress National Preserve. Gator Hook Strand. Ca 1.13 miles east of Loop Road (SR 94), ca 0.73 miles north of Monroe County line, ca 3.26 miles south of US 41.

• Coordinates

  25.8141, -81.082

• Location Notes

  [US & Canada]

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

PLANTS OF FLORIDA
Piperaceae
Peperomia rotundifolia (L.) Kunth
BOTANICAL
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
04113584
Collier County: Big Cypress National Preserve. Gator Hook
Strand. Ca. 1.13 miles east of Loop Road (SR 94), ca. 0.73 miles
north of Monroe County line, ca. 3.26 miles south of US 41.
Abundant on four Fraxinus carolinianus and two Chrysobalanus
icaco in deep area of strand swamp, bordering a small pond.
Plants growing from just above the water line into the canopy,
drooping off of horizontal branches. Discovered by Tony Pemas
a few weeks earlier. Epidendrum rigidum, E. difforme, E.
noctumum, Peperomia obtusifolia, Maxillaria crassifolia, and
Asplenium serratum also near this remote, pristine station. N25°
48.845'; W81° 04.918'.
Keith A. Bradley #2005 with Tony Pemas, April 1, 1999
Amy Ferriter
The Institute for Regional Conservation
Miami, Florida
04113584