Jade necklace

(Peperomia circinnata)

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Description

Peperomia rotundifolia, also known as jade necklace, trailing jade, creeping buttons and round leaf Peperomia, is a trailing plant species of peperomia native to the tropical rainforest of South America. It was first described by Carl von Linné, and got its current name from Carl Sigismund Kunth. In addition to the nominate form, there are also the subspecies, ovata, pilosior, subelliptica, subglabrilimba and obcordata.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order:Piperales
Family:Piperaceae
Genus:Peperomia
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