Piper guineense

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 guineense

Piper guineense Schumach. & Thonn., 1827

Heterotypic
- Cubeba clusii Miq. in Syst. Piperac.: 304 (1843)
- Piper clusii (Miq.) C.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16(1): 340 (1869)
- Piper demeusei C.DC. in Candollea 2: 223 (1925)
- Piper famechonii Heckel ex C.DC. in Notul. Syst. (Paris) 3: 39 (1914)
- Piper guineense var. clusii (Miq.) Engl. in Fl. Deutsch-Ostafr. 2: 49 (1932)
- Piper guineense var. congolense C.DC. in Rev. Cult. Colon. 8: 133 (1901)
- Piper guineense var. gilletii C.DC. in Rev. Cult. Colon. 8: 133 (1901)
- Piper guineense var. thomeanum C.DC. in Bol. Soc. Brot. 10: 152 (1892)
- Piper guineense var. velutinum De Wild. in Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot., sér. 5, 2: 30 (1907)
- Piper laurentii De Wild. in Miss. Ém. Laurent 1: 229 (1906)
- Piper leonense C.DC. in J. Bot. 4: 163 (1866)
- Piper sclerocladum C.DC. in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 19: 224 (1894)
- Piper zenkeri C.DC. in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 57: 18 (1920)

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa
- Regional: Western Africa
  - Angola, Benin, Cabinda, Cameroon, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo
- Regional: Central Africa
  - Burundi, Central African Republic, Mali, Uganda, Zambia
- Regional: Western Africa
  - Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania
- Regional: Western Indian Ocean
  - Madagascar

Schumacher, F.C. & Thonning, P. 1827. Beskrivelse af Guineeiske planter: som ere fundne af danske botanikere, især af etatsråd Thonning ved F.C. Schumacher. Kjöbenhavn [Copenhagen]: F. Popp. pp.1–466. BHL (Danish, Latin) Reference page. 19. 1827

Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].

Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Piper guineense in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 June 20. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2025. Piper guineense. Published online. Accessed: June 20 2025. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2025. Piper guineense. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 20 June 2025. Reference page.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Piper guineense in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2025 June 20. Reference page.