Piper arboreum

Taxonavigation

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

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

Piper arboreum Aubl., 1775

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.

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

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