Piper auritum

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Piperaceae
Subfamilia: Piperoideae
Genus: Piper
Species:

Piper auritum Kunth ex A. von Humboldt et al. 1816

Homotypic
- Artanthe aurita (Kunth) Miq. in Syst. Piperac.: 400 (1844)
- Schilleria aurita (Kunth) Kunth in Linnaea 13: 713 (1840)
Heterotypic
- Artanthe sancta Miq. in Linnaea 18: 714 (1844)
- Artanthe seemanniana Miq. in B.Seemann, Bot. Voy. Herald: 199 (1854)
- Piper alstonii Trel. in Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 27: 287 (1940)
- Piper auritilaminum Trel. in Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 9: 277 (1940)
- Piper auritilimbum Trel. in Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 9: 277 (1940)
- Piper auritum var. amplifolium C.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16(1): 321 (1869)
- Piper auritum var. schiedeanum C.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16(1): 321 (1869)
- Piper auritum var. seemannianum (Miq.) Trel. in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 26: 40 (1927)
- Piper heraldii Trel. in Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 27: 292 (1940)
- Piper heraldii var. amplius Trel. in Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 27: 292 (1940)
- Piper heraldii var. cocleanum Trel. in Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 27: 292 (1940)
- Piper perlongipes Trel. in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 26: 154 (1929)
- Piper sanctum (Miq.) Schltdl. ex C.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16(1): 330 (1869)

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America
- Regional: Central America
  - Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá
- Regional: Northern South America
  - Colombia, Suriname, Venezuela
- Regional: Western South America
  - Ecuador, French Guiana
Continental: Northern America
- Regional: Mexico
  - Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest
- Introduced into:
  - Caroline Is., Cuba, Florida, Haiti, Hawaii, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Samoa

Kunth, C.S. in von Humboldt, F. W. H. A. et al. (1816) Nov. Gen. Sp. 1:45 [folio]; 1:54 [quarto].

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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.

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