''Peperomia nitida'' is a species of plant in the genus '' Peperomia''. Its native range is in South America from Brazil to northern Argentina. It can be kept as a houseplant and is sometimes sold as cupid peperomia, or problematically as Peperomia scandens or Peperomia serpens.

Description

Peperomia serpens ''Peperomia serpens'', the vining peperomia, is a species of flowering plant in the genus ''Peperomia'' and family Piperaceae, native to the New World Tropics. The plant is perennial. The name ''Peperomia serpens'' has in the past also been used ...

'' is a separate species with slightly more rounded leaves and its native region reaches further north to Mexico. The title ''scandens'' is occasionally applied to both, perhaps because both are vining plants (latin term ''scandens'' means "climbing"), but officially ''Peperomia scandens'' is considered a synonym for ''

''.

References

nitida Flora of Brazil Flora of Argentina {{Piperales-stub