Contains 4 accepted taxa overall.
Characteristics
Classification
Citation
PIPER Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 28. 1753.
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TYPE: Piper nigrum Linnaeus 1753. Lectotypified by Hitchcock, Amer. J. Bot. 10: 513. 1923.
Species
Scientific Name | Common Name | Herbarium Specimens | Status | Photos |
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Piper aduncum | SPIKED PEPPER; FALSE MATICO; HIGUILLO DE HOJA MENUDA | Not Native FAC (NWPL) | ||
Piper auritum | VERACRUZ PEPPER | Not Native | ||
Piper sarmentosum | LOLOT PLANT | Not Native | ||
Piper umbellatum | BAQUINA | Not Native |
Identification Key
1. Erect subshrubs, shrubs, to small trees; larger leaf blades 15-40 cm long
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1. Vines or weak subshrubs; larger leaf blades 5-13(15) cm long
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2. Leaf blade elliptic-lanceolate, obliquely rounded to cuneate at the base
2. Leaf blade ovate to orbicular, obliquely to evenly cordate at the base
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3. Leaf blade pinnately veined; with anise-like odor
3. Leaf blade mostly palmately veined; without anise-like odor
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4. Stem and petiole glabrate; leaf blade palmately veined, the base of the inner veins often appressed to the midvein; inflorescence of a solitary spike opposite of the leaf
4. Stem and petiole pubescent; leaf blade usually palmate-pinnately veined, with 2 or more major veins arising from along the midrib; inflorescence of several spikes and axillary
5. Leaf blade upper side strongly lustrous with impressed cross-veins; inflorescence erect
5. Leaf blade upper side dull to weakly lustrous, the cross-veins not impressed or weakly so; inflorescence pendulous …
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6. Dioecious; leaf blade base cordate; inflorescence unisexual; infructescence 3-5(7) cm long; fruit embedded in rachis
6. Monoecious; leaf blade base rounded to cuneate; inflorescence bisexual; infructescence (5)7-10 cm long; fruit not embedded in rachis
Genus Synonyms
Synonym | Full Citation | Basionym | Type |
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Amalago | Amalago Rafinesque, Sylva Tellur. 84. 1838. | TYPE: Non designatus. | |
Artanthe | Artanthe Miquel, Bull. Sci. Phys. Nat. Neerl. 1839: 447, 451. 1839; Comment. Phytogr. 32, 40. 1839. | TYPE: = Oxodium Rafinesque 1838. | |
Callianira | Callianira Miquel, Syst. Piper. 46. 1843. | TYPE: Callianira melastomoides (Schlechtendal & Chamisso) Miquel (Piper melastomoides Schlechtendal & Chamisso) | |
Carpunya | Carpunya C. Presl, Epim. Bot. 228. 1851 ("1849"). | TYPE: Non designatus. | |
Chavica | Chavica Miquel, Syst. Piper. 46, 222. 1843. | TYPE: Non designatus. | |
Coccobryon | Coccobryon Klotzsch ex Miquel, Syst. Piper. 46. 1843. | TYPE: Non designatus. | |
Cubeba | Cubeba Rafinesque, Sylva Tellur. 84. 1838. | TYPE: Cubeba officinalis Rafinesque (Piper cubeba Linnaeus f.) | |
Enckea | Enckea Kunth, Linnaea 13: 590. 1840. | TYPE: Enckea unguiculata (Ruiz Lopez & Pavon) Kunth (Piper unguiculatum Ruiz Lopez & Pavon) = Gonistum Rafinesque 1838. | |
Gonistum | Gonistum Rafinesque, Sylva. Tellur. 85. 1838. | TYPE: Gonistum unguiculatum (Ruiz López & Pavón) Rafinesque (Piper unguiculatum Ruiz López & Pavón) | |
Heckeria | Heckeria Kunth, Linnaea 13: 564. 1840, non Rafinesque 1838. | TYPE: = Pothomorphe Miquel 1839 = Lepianthes Rafinesque 1838, by lectotypification. | |
Lepianthes | Lepianthes Rafinesque, Sylva Tellur. 84. 1838. | TYPE: Lepianthes umbellata (Linnaeus) Rafinesque ex Ramamoorthy 1976. (Piper umbellatum Linnaeus 1753.) Lectotypified by R. A. Howard, J. Arnold Arbor. 54: 380. 1973. | |
Macropiper | Macropiper Miquel, Bull. Sci. Phys. Nat. Neerl. 1839: 447, 449. 1839. | TYPE: Macropiper latifolium (Linnaeus f.) Miquel (Piper latifolium Linnaeus f.) Lectotypified by A. C. Smith, Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 72: 3. 1975. | |
Muldera | Muldera Miquel, Bull. Sci. Phys. Nat. Neerl. 1839: 447, 448. 1839; Comment. Phytogr. 32, 34. 1839. | TYPE: Non designatus. | |
Nematanthera | Nematanthera Miquel, Linnaea 18: 606. 1845 ("1844"). | TYPE: Nematanthera guianensis Miquel | |
Oxidium | Oxodium Rafinesque, Sylva Tellur. 85. 1838. | TYPE: Oxodium callosum (Ruiz López & Pavón) Rafinesque (Piper callosum Ruiz López & Pavón) | |
Peltobryon | Peltobryon Klotzsch ex Miquel, Syst. Piper. 46, 369. 1843. | TYPE: Non designatus. | |
Peperidia | Peperidia Kosteletzky, Allg. Med.-Pharm. Fl. 2: 455. 1833, non Reichenbach 1828. | TYPE: Non designatus. | |
Piperiphorum | Piperiphorum Necker ex Rafinesque, Sylva Tellur. 84. 1838. | TYPE: Non designatus. | |
Pothomorphe | Pothomorphe Miquel, Sci. Phys. Nat. Neerl. 2: 447, 450. 1839. | TYPE: Pothomorphe umbellata (Linnaeus) Miquel 1840. (Piper umbellatum Linnaeus 1753.) Lectotypified by Britton & P. Wilson, Bot. Porto Rico 5: 229. 1924. = Lepianthes Rafinesque 1838, by lectotypification. | |
Quebitea | Quebitea Aublet, Hist. Pl. Guiane 838. 1775. | TYPE: Quebitea guianensis Aublet | |
Rhyncholepis | Rhyncholepis Miquel, Syst. Piper. 46, 282. 1843. | TYPE: Non designatus. | |
Schilleria | Schilleria Kunth, Linnaea 13: 676. 1840 ("1839"), non Schillera Reichenbach 1828. | TYPE: Schilleria callosa (Ruiz López & Pavón) Kunth (Piper callosum Ruiz López & Pavón) = Oxodium Rafinesque 1838. | |
Schizonephos | Schizonephos Griffith, Notul. Pl. Asiat. 4: 383. 1854. | TYPE: Schizonephos glaucescens Griffith | |
Serronia | Serronia Gaudichaud-Beaupré ex Guillemin, in Delessert, Icon. 3: 54, t. 90. 1838 ("1837"). | TYPE: Serronia jaborandi (Vellozo) Guillemin (Piper jaborandi Vellozo) | |
Sphaerostachys | Sphaerostachys Miquel, Syst. Piper. 46, 375. 1843. | TYPE: Sphaerostachys humboldtii Miquel, nom. illegit. (Piper piluliferum Kunth) | |
Steffensia | Steffensia Kunth, Linnaea 13: 609. 1840 ("1839"), non Goeppert 1836. | TYPE: Non designatus. |