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Parent: PIPERACEAE

2. PEPEROMIA Ruiz et Pav., 1794

Fls minute, perfect, in slender bracted spikes; per. 0; stamens 2, subsessile, anther-cells confluent. Ovary sessile, 1-celled; stigma penicillate; ovule solitary, erect. Fr. minute, indehiscent. Annual to perennial us. succulent herbs; lvs alt., opp., or whorled, exstipulate. Over 500 spp., mostly tropical and subtropical.

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Lvs in whorls of 4; spikes terminal 1. tetraphylla
Lvs alt.; spikes terminal and axillary 2. urvilleana