Piper aduncum L.
PIPERACEAE
- Pepper family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)
Taxon Page:
Name: Piper aduncum L.
Nomencl. ref.: Sp. Pl. 1: 29. 1753 [1 May 1753]
Rank: species
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Common names
U.S.
name:
Higuillo de hoja menuda
English name: spiked pepper
Spanish name: matico
Grown habit: Tree, Shrub
Duration: Perennial
Synonyms:
TAXONOMY
Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Magnoliidae
Order: Piperales
Family: Piperaceae
Genus: Piper
Species:
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Piper aduncum
Inflorescences at Nahiku, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Piper aduncum
With Piper auritum Bob Mach and Kim at Nahiku, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Piper aduncum
Small plant on lava at Nahiku, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Piper aduncum
Prop roots at Nahiku, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Piper aduncum
Stems at Nahiku, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Piper aduncum
Leaves and fruit at Nahiku, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Piper aduncum
Lining road with Manihot glaziovii and Pluchea odorata at Nahiku, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Piper aduncum
Lining road with Lloyd and Kim at Nahiku, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Piper aduncum
Habit at Nahiku, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Piper aduncum
Lining road at Nahiku, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Piper aduncum
Lining road at Nahiku, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Piper aduncum
Leaves and inflorescence at Nahiku, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Piper aduncum
Cut stems at Nahiku, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Piper aduncum
At edge of dense forest at Nahiku, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (Florida), USA+ (PR, VI)
Map for Piper aduncum L.
(*) USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA
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1) Piper aequale Vahl [excluded] [294]
2) Piper auritum Kunth [1569]
3) Piper blattarum Spreng. [295]
4) Piper emarginellum Sw. ex Wikstr. [136]
5) Piper longum L. [1283]
6) Piper obtusifolium L. [155]
7) Piper serpens Sw. [152]
8) Piperia longispica Durand [90]
9) Piptatherum paradoxum (L.) P. Beauv. [436]
10) Pipturus brighamii Skottsb. [151]
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