Peperomia alata, the winged peperomia, is a plant species found growing in swamps in Florida, the West Indies, Central America, and South America. In Florida, is apparently rare, known for certain only from Collier County.Flora of North America v 3
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Habitat GIFTCerrado (lato sensu), Floresta de Terra Firme, Floresta Ombrófila (= Floresta Pluvial)
Woodinessnon-woody
03Chemical composition4 compounds
Compounds documented for Peperomia alata across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile1 class
Chalcones1
Documented compounds4 total
Compound
Class
Amount
Source
Alatanone A
present
NPASS
Alatanone B
present
NPASS
05DNA & barcoding6 specimens
A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Peperomia alata has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens6
Marker genes4
GenBank sequences3
eDNA detections2
Countries1
The DNA barcodea real sequence read deposited for this species
Peperomia alata YHK92 genes for ITS1, 5.8S rRNA, ITS2, partial and complete sequence
Marker genes sequenced
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
★matK2★rbcLa★ITS1★ITS2
plant barcodefungal barcode
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type1 250 records
Wild obs. + sensor42
Museum / vouchered1 207
Other1
Origin
Native224
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO2 684 km²
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy47% within 1 km
≤100 m 13≤1 km 3≤10 km 2>10 km 16
34 georeferenced · 8 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor42
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Coordinate accuracy66% within 1 km
≤100 m 74≤1 km 9≤10 km 26>10 km 17
126 georeferenced · 1 081 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence1 207
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
10Collections & institutions
Holding institutions56 of 116 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Bronx, US
155
Saint Louis, US
92
Chicago, US
88
JBRJlocation not on record
69
Blumenau, BR
56
Durango, MX
55
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
50
INMAlocation not on record
39
San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record
31
Museo Nacional de Costa Rica (MNCR)location not on record
31
UFMGlocation not on record
27
National Biodiversity Institute, Costa Ricalocation not on record
24
Kew, GB
23
UNESP-RClocation not on record
17
UNICAMPlocation not on record
16
Cascavel, BR
16
Philadelphia, US
14
Mexico City, MX
14
CEPLAClocation not on record
12
Laboratorio de Ictiologialocation not on record
12
La Paz, BO
11
Tuxtla Gutiérrez, MX
11
Universidad de Antioquia (UdeA)location not on record
10
UnBlocation not on record
10
USP-IBlocation not on record
10
BGBMlocation not on record
9
UTFPR-CPlocation not on record
8
Campo Mourão, BR
8
Embrapa Agrobiology Diazothrophic Microbial Culture Collectionlocation not on record
8
Fort Worth, US
8
Feira de Santana, BR
8
Austin, US
7
HUAlocation not on record
7
Ivano-Frankivsk, UA
7
Claremont, US
6
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA)location not on record
6
Cenargenlocation not on record
5
Loja, EC
5
Xiamen, CN
5
Brasília, BR
5
Mérida, MX
5
San José, CR
4
UFPRlocation not on record
4
Cochabamba, BO
4
Berlin, DE
4
Miami, US
4
UFSClocation not on record
4
OTSlocation not on record
4
CASlocation not on record
4
FPMZBlocation not on record
3
Embrapa Amazônia Oriental, Ministry of Agriculturelocation not on record
3
San Francisco de Campeche, MX
3
Istituto Agrario Castelnuovolocation not on record
3
Altos de Pipe, VE
3
Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record
3
UNIVASFlocation not on record
3
Instituto Amazónico de Investigaciones Científicas - SINCHIlocation not on record
3
Montréal, CA
3
QCNElocation not on record
3
Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UNAL)location not on record
3
Aarhus, DK
3
MeiseBGlocation not on record
3
Tampa, US
2
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarinalocation not on record
2
Universidade Federal de Goiáslocation not on record
2
Beijing, CN
2
Santa Cruz de la Sierra, BO
2
UTPLlocation not on record
2
Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paranálocation not on record
2
San Isidro, AR
2
Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (IAvH)location not on record
2
Londrina, BR
2
NO DISPONIBLElocation not on record
2
IPA/SPlocation not on record
2
MAlocation not on record
2
Brasília, BR
2
Madison, US
2
UFPElocation not on record
2
Burlington, US
2
BMlocation not on record
1
Departamento de Sistematica e Ecologialocation not on record
1
arosemena tola, EC
1
MEDELlocation not on record
1
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record
1
Göteborg, SE
1
Herbario Selva Central Oxapampa - estación biológica del Jardín Botánico de Missourilocation not on record
1
Uberlândia, BR
1
Minia, EG
1
Ciudad de México, MX
1
Chapingo, MX
1
Tuxtla Gutiérrez, MX
1
Fundación Miguel Lillolocation not on record
1
UFBAlocation not on record
1
Durham, US
1
Fundación Jardín Botánico Joaquín Antonio Uribe de Medellín (JBM)location not on record
1
Cruz das Almas, BR
1
Culiacán, MX
1
Universidade Federal do Espírito Santolocation not on record
1
CJBGlocation not on record
1
Dekalb, US
1
Ilhéus, BR
1
Dublin, IE
1
University of Zhejianglocation not on record
1
Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeirolocation not on record
1
Lake Charles, US
1
Sucre, BO
1
COLlocation not on record
1
Bloomington, US
1
Universiti Sains Malaysialocation not on record
1
IAPlocation not on record
1
Universidad de Caldas (UCaldas)location not on record
1
Cambridge, US
1
St. Paul, US
1
South Kensington, GB
1
Universidad Tecnológica del Chocó (UTCH)location not on record
1
Provincial Museum of Albertalocation not on record
1
116 institutions · 1 142 of 1 207 vouchered records shown · 65 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA2 detections
Where the DNA of Peperomia alata was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Detections DNA found2
Studies independent surveys1
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 2 detections have coordinates
Open the map0 countries0
How strong is each trace?
DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility1 250 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI2 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics6 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗
NPASSNat. Product Activity & Species Sourcecompounds↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗