Day: July 2, 2023

#640 They called me Peperomia leptostachya, also known as Peperomia esquirolii, Peperomia bequaertii, and Peperomia moerenhoutii. I pay homage to the male botanists Esquirol (I couldn’t find his records), Joseph Charles Bequaert, and Moerenhout (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 1832.

Native to Bangladesh, Burundi, Cambodia, Cape Provinces, China South-Central, China Southeast, Cook Is., Ethiopia, Fiji, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hainan, Hawaii, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Madagascar, Malawi, Marquesas, Mozambique, Myanmar, New South Wales, Northern Provinces, Oman, Queensland, Rwanda, Samoa, Seychelles, Society Is., Socotra, Sri Lanka, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tonga, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Uganda, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, and Zimbabwe.