Editing Peperomia (section)

==Distribution==
Peperomias are found in [[Tropics|tropical]] and [[Subtropics|sub-tropical]] regions around the world. Northern [[South America]] and [[Central America]] host the largest number of species, but peperomias can also be found in [[Africa]], southern [[Asia]], and [[Oceania]]. The exact number of peperomia species continues to change as new plants are discovered and some distinct plant names, perhaps catalogued in separate geographical regions, are realised to describe the same species.<ref name="Mathieu03">{{cite web |last1=Mathieu |first1=G |title=Focus on how many Peperomias? |url=http://peperomia.net/focusdetail.asp?id=3 |website=Internet Peperomia Reference |access-date=6 July 2022}}</ref> Therefore, the table below gives only a rough overall impression of the worldwide distribution.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Distribution of peperomia species<ref name="Mathieu03" />
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! Area !! Taxa !! Examples of endemic species <small>''(based on [[Plants of the World Online|POWO]])''</small>

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| [[Peru]] || 405 || ''P. andina'', ''P. dolabella'', ''[[Peperomia dolabriformis|P. dolabriformis]]'', ''[[Peperomia macrorhiza|P. macrorhiza]]'', ''[[Peperomia metallica|P. metallica]]'', ''P. minuta'', ''[[Peperomia nivalis|P. nivalis]]'', ''P. rubescens'', ''[[Peperomia verschaffeltii|P. verschaffeltii]]''
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| [[Colombia]] || 259 || ''P. abbreviatipes'', ''P. cordata'', ''P. dimota'', ''[[Peperomia perciliata|P. perciliata]]'', ''[[Peperomia turboensis|P. turboensis]]''
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| [[Ecuador]] || 237 || ''[[Peperomia graveolens|P. graveolens]]'', ''[[Peperomia albovittata|P. albovittata]]'', ''P. cuspidilimba'', ''[[Peperomia fagerlindii|P. fagerlindii]]'', ''[[Peperomia rugosa|P. rugosa]]''
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| [[Costa Rica]] || 155 || ''P. barbulata'', ''P. dyscrita'',  ''P. hammelii'', ''P. incognita'', ''P. vinasiana''
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| [[Mexico]] || 139 || ''[[Peperomia camptotricha|P. camptotricha]]'', ''P. hobbitoides'', ''P. oxycarpa'', ''P. tuberosa'', ''[[Peperomia xalana|P. xalana]]'' 
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| [[Brazil]]<ref name="Carvalho-Silva">{{cite journal |last1=Carvalho-Silva |first1=M |last2=Guimarães |first2=EF |last3=Câmar |first3=PEAS |title=New Species of Peperomia (Piperaceae) from Brazil |journal=Systematic Botany |date=2013 |volume=38 |issue=3 |pages=571–575 |doi=10.1600/036364413X670412}}</ref> || 117 || ''[[Peperomia caperata|P. caperata]]'', ''P. flexicaulis'', ''[[Peperomia griseoargentea|P. griseoargentea]]'', ''[[Peperomia marmorata|P. marmorata]]'', ''P. nudifolia'', ''P. ramboi''
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| [[Caribbean Islands]]<ref name="Kew-Caribbean">{{cite web |title=Peperomia in Caribbean Islands |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/results?f=accepted_names%2Cspecies_f&q=Peperomia%2Clocation%3ACaribbean |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanical Gardens Kew |access-date=7 July 2022}}</ref>|| 72 || ''[[Peperomia clusiifolia|P. clusiifolia]]'', ''P. cubensis'', ''[[Peperomia verticillata|P. verticillata]]''
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| [[Pacific Islands]] (other than mentioned)<ref name="Kew-Pacific">{{cite web |title=Peperomia in Pacific Islands |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/results?f=species_f%2Caccepted_names&q=Peperomia%2Clocation%3APacific |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanical Gardens Kew |access-date=7 July 2022}}</ref> || 45 || ''P. attenuata'', ''P. mariannensis'', ''P. tutuilana''
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| [[Madagascar]]|| 42 || ''P. ankaranensis'', ''P. humbertii'', ''P. mocquerysii''
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| [[Hawaiian Islands|Hawaii]]<ref name="Kew-Hawaii">{{cite web |title=Peperomia in Hawaii |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/results?page.size=480&f=accepted_names%2Cspecies_f&q=peperomia%2Clocation%3AHawaii |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanical Gardens Kew |access-date=7 July 2022}}</ref> || 22 || ''[[Peperomia cookiana|P. cookiana]]'', ''P. kipahuluensis'', ''P. obovatilimba''
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| [[Africa|Africa (continental)]] || 21 || ''P. fernandopoiana'', ''[[Peperomia kamerunana|P. kamerunana]]'', ''[[Peperomia vulcanica|P. vulcanica]]''
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| [[Philippines]] || 18  || ''P. copelandii'', ''P. elmeri'', ''P. recurvata''
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| [[Papuasia]]<ref name="Kew-Papuasia">{{cite web |title=Peperomia in Papuasia |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/results?f=accepted_names%2Cspecies_f&page.size=480&q=Peperomia%2Clocation%3APapuasia |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanical Gardens Kew |access-date=7 July 2022}}</ref> || 18 || ''P. bismarckiana'', ''P. peckelii'', ''P. schlechteri''
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| [[India]]<ref name="Thomas01">{{cite journal |last1=Thomas |first1=A |last2=Jameson |first2=J |title=Peperomia albertiae (Piperaceae), a new species from India |journal=Kew Bulletin |date=2022 |volume=77 |issue=1 |pages=341–346 |doi=10.1007/S12225-022-10006-7 |bibcode=2022KewBu..77..341T |ref=Thomas01}}</ref> || 11 ||  ''P. ekakesara'', ''P. emarginatifolia'', ''P. thomsonii''
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| [[Mainland Southeast Asia|Southeast Asia (Indo-China)]]<ref name="Kew-Indochina">{{cite web |title=Peperomia in Indo-China |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/results?f=accepted_names%2Cspecies_f&q=Peperomia%2Clocation%3AIndo-China |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanical Gardens Kew |access-date=7 July 2022}}</ref> || 7 || ''P. masuthoniana'', ''P. sirindhorniana'', ''P. thorelii''
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| [[Australia]] || 5 || [[Peperomia bellendenkerensis|''P. bellendenkerensis'']], [[Peperomia enervis|''P. enervis'']], [[Peperomia hunteriana|''P. hunteriana'']]
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Note that many peperomias are found in wide overlapping regions, for example everywhere in tropical America or Asia, and so may have not been included in the species count for individual areas.