Peperomia tetragona

Peperomia tetragona is a species of flowering plant in the family Piperaceae.^[2] It is native to South America with a range from Ecuador, Peru, and Paraguay to central/western Brazil.^[1] Long grown as a houseplant in temperate climates, it is often known by its synonym Peperomia puteolata or as the parallel Peperomia for the parallel venation on its elliptical leaves.^[3][4]

Peperomia tetragona
Peperomia tetragona at the Garfield Park Conservatory
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Magnoliids
Order:	Piperales
Family:	Piperaceae
Genus:	Peperomia
Species:	P. tetragona
Binomial name
Peperomia tetragona Ruiz & Pav.
Synonyms[1]
Piper tetragonum (Ruiz & Pav.) Vahl Peperomia albostriata C.DC. Peperomia puteolata Trel.