Peperomia nitida

Peperomia nitida is a species of plant in the genus Peperomia. Its native range is in South America from Brazil to northern Argentina.^[1] It can be kept as a houseplant and is sometimes sold as cupid peperomia, or problematically as Peperomia scandens or Peperomia serpens.^[2][3]

Peperomia nitida
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Magnoliids
Order:	Piperales
Family:	Piperaceae
Genus:	Peperomia
Species:	P. nitida
Binomial name
Peperomia nitida Dahlst.

Description

Peperomia serpens is a separate species with slightly more rounded leaves and its native region reaches further north to Mexico.^[4]

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 Peperomia serpens.^[5]