Family: Piperaceae
Group: Dicot
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Habit:
Herb
Perennation:
Perennial
Native Range: Endemic to Jamaica (see the
Flora of the West Indies).
Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida
State of Florida Status:
Endangered
SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence:
Assumed to be Present
SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status:
Not Native, Naturalized
SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status:
Assumed to be Cultivated
Comments: The only known collection of Jackie's saddle in Florida appears to have been made by William G. Atwater in 1962; this specimen was originally determined to be P. magnoliifolia (as P. spathulifolia). P. amplexicaulis is apparently listed as Endanged by the State of Florida in error.
For an image of the herbarium specimen collected by Atwater, visit the Univeristy of Florida Herbarium
online. For an image of the type specimen collected in Jamaica by Olof Swartz prior to 1788, visit
peperomia.net.
