Piper rotundifolium Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 30. 1753.

"Habitat in America calidiore." RCN: 242.

Lectotype (Howard in J. Arnold Arbor. 54: 394. 1973): [icon] " Saururus repens, folio orbiculari, nummulariae facie " in Plumier, Descr. Pl. Amér .: 52, t. 69. 1693.

Current name: Peperomia rotundifolia (L.) Kunth ( Piperaceae).