Verhuellia is a Piperaceae genus of three species, known from very few collections and localities on Cuba and Hispaniola (Haiti and Dominican Republic). It is a small, herbaceous, saxicolous perennial with monopodial architecture, whorled leaves and perianthless flowers organized in solitary lateral spikes (Fig. 1).
Peperomia is another huge genus with between 1600 and 1800 species