Piper arboreum

Piper arboreum

Piper arboreum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Piperales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Magnoliids Ordo: Piperales

Familia: Piperaceae
Subfamilia: Piperoideae
Genus: Piper
Species: Piper arboreum
Varieties: P. a. var. arboreum – P. a. var. hirtellum

Name

Piper arboreum Aubl., 1775

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Artanthe lessertiana Miq. in Syst. Piperac.: 405 (1844), nom. superfl.
  • Piper geniculatum var. verrucosum C.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16(1): 267 (1869), nom. superfl.
  • Piper verrucosum Sw. in Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ.: 15 (1788), nom. superfl.
  • Steffensia verrucosa Kunth in Linnaea 13: 613 (1840), nom. superfl.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America Regional: Western South America Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru Regional: Brazil Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central Regional: Northern South America Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela Regional: Southern South America Paraguay Continental: Northern America Regional: Mexico Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southwest Introduced into: Togo References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Fusée Aublet, J.B.C. 1775. Histoire des plantes de la Guiane françoise, rangées suivant la méthode sexuelle, avec plusieurs mémoires sur différens objets intéressans, relatifs à la culture & au commerce de la Guiane françoise, & une notice des plantes de l' Isle-de-France. Tome 1. Pp. I–XXIX, 30–32, 1–621. Pierre-François Didot jeune, Londres [London], Paris. BHL. Reference page. ː 1:23.

Additional references

• Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. 2012. Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: I–XXV, 1–1192. DOI: 10.5479/si.0081024X.98.1 BHL Reference page. 
• Villaseñor, J.L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559–902. DOI: 10.1016/j.rmb.2016.06.017 Online PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Piper arboreum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 May 20. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2025. Piper arboreum. Published online. Accessed: May 20 2025. Reference page.
• Hassler, M. 2025. Piper arboreum. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2025. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2025 May 20. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2025. Piper arboreum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 20 May 2025. Reference page.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. May in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2025. Reference page.