Candolle, A.C.P. de (1898), Piperaceae Novae. Annuaire de Conservatoire & du Jardin Botaniques de Geneve 2: 286 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "In Australiae boreali-orientalis monte Bartle Frere, altitud. 5000 ped. (Stephen Johnson in h. Cand.)"

• Etymology: (not specified.) [but presumably named for Stephen Johnson, collector of the type material]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 418 [secondary reference]

Williams, K.A.W. (1987), Native Plants of Queensland 3: 242 [secondary reference]

Forster, P.I. (22 September 1993), A taxonomic revision of the genus Peperomia Ruiz & Pav. (Piperaceae) in mainland Australia. Austrobaileya 4(1): 101 [secondary reference]

• Type: "'In Australiae boreali-orientalis monte Bartle Frere, altitud. 5000 ped. (Stephen Johnson in h. Cand.)' (holo: G-DC, n.v.)."

Forster, P.I. (22 September 1993), A taxonomic revision of the genus Peperomia Ruiz & Pav. (Piperaceae) in mainland Australia. Austrobaileya 4(1): 101 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Peperomia enervis C.DC. & F.Muell. legitimate

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 397 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Peperomia enervis C.DC. & F.Muell. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Peperomia johsonii C.DC. orth. var.

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Peperomia enervis C.DC. & F.Muell. legitimate

Forster, P.I. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2007), Peperomia. Flora of Australia 2: 243 [secondary reference]

• Type: "in Australiae boreali-orientalis monte Bartle Frere, Qld, Stephen Johnson in h. Cand.; holo: ?G-DC n.v."

Forster, P.I. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2007), Peperomia. Flora of Australia 2: 243 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Peperomia enervis C.DC. & F.Muell. legitimate

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