Plants of USA and Canada

Scientific or common name:

Piper auritum Kunth


PIPERACEAE Family selection - Pepper family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)

Taxon Page:

Name: Piper auritum Kunth Taxon selection
Nomencl. ref.: Nov. Gen. Sp. [H.B.K.] 1: 54. 1816
Rank: species

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Common names

US name U.S. name: Vera cruz pepper
en English name: ear-leaf pepper
English name: Mexican pepperleaf
Spanish name: Santa María

Grown habit: Tree
Duration: Perennial
 

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TAXONOMY

Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Magnoliidae
Order: Piperales
Family: Piperaceae
Genus: Piper
Species:


Page counter: 1484 ( AVG: 218.78 / 217.747 )



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Piper auritum
Piper auritum
Habit at Hana Hwy, 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 auritum
Piper auritum
Habit at Hana Hwy, 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 auritum
Piper auritum
Leaves and 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 auritum
Piper auritum
Flower spike 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 auritum
Piper auritum
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 auritum
Piper auritum
Leaves at Hana Hwy, 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 auritum
Piper auritum
Leaves at Hana Hwy, 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 auritum
Piper auritum
Overlapping leaf at Hana Hwy, 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 auritum
Piper auritum
Leaves at Hana Hwy, 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 auritum
Piper auritum
Leaves and infloresceces 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 auritum
Piper auritum
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 auritum
Piper auritum
Flower spike 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 auritum
Piper auritum
Thicket 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 auritum
Piper auritum
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 auritum
Piper auritum
Habit at Hana Hwy, 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 auritum
Piper auritum
Flower spike 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 auritum
Piper auritum
Leaves and flower spike 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 auritum
Piper auritum
Leaves and 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 auritum
Piper auritum
Leaves 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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(*) 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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2) Piper dilatatum Rich. [249]
3) Piper longifolium Ruiz & Pav. [222]
4) Piper methysticum G. Forst. [1758]
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6) Piper retrofractum Vahl [243]
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