Vegetative key to the families
Vegetative Key Vegetative key to the families
EPIPHYTES on trees or rocks
Leaves with reticulate venation, or the venation obscure
Leaves opposite or whorled
Leaves sometimes whorled, succulent, c. 3 cm long or less Piperaceae
Leaves opposite, ovate-elliptic, 1–3 cm long, shortly pubescent, thick, fleshy. Spikes mostly 5–8 cm long. Coast and adjacent plateaus. On rocks in WSF and RF Peperomia blandafloribunda
Leaves in whorls of 4, glabrous or nearly so, shining, ovate-rhomboidal, 5–15 mm long, thick, hard. Spikes 1–3 cm long. Woronora Plateau; Blue Mts On rocks and tree trunks in or near RF Peperomia tetraphylla