Peperomia taxonomist, author of about 50 Peperomia species (from Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Madagascar, Mexico, Peru), webmaster of www.peperomia.net, manager of the TRGP (Taxonomic Repertory of the Genus Peperomia) [www.peperomia.net/repertory.asp] since 2001; the TRGP deals with the 1628 currently accepted taxa in the genus (1453 species plus 175 forms and varieties), as well as with several thousand synonyms and otherwise illegitimate names.