Piper umbellatum

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Piperaceae
Subfamilia: Piperoideae
Genus: Piper
Species:

Name

Piper umbellatum L., 1753

Synonyms

Homotypic
- Heckeria umbellata (L.) Kunth in Linnaea 13: 569 (1840)
- Lepianthes umbellata (L.) Raf. ex Ramamoorthy in C.J.Saldanha & D.H.Nicolson, Fl. Hassan Distr.: 52 (1976)
- Peperidia umbellata (L.) Kostel. in Allg. Med.-Pharm. Fl. 2: 455 (1833)
- Peperomia umbellata (L.) Kunth in Syn. Pl. Aequin. 1: 124 (1822)
- Pothomorphe umbellata (L.) Miq. in Comm. Phytogr.: 36 (1840)
Heterotypic
- Heckeria sidifolia var. subglabrata Kunth in Linnaea 13: 570 (1840)
- Heckeria sidifolia (Link & Otto) Kunth in Linnaea 13: 569 (1840)
- Heckeria subpeltata (Willd.) Kunth in Linnaea 13: 571 (1840)
- Peperidia afzeliana Kostel. in Allg. Med.-Pharm. Fl. 2: 456 (1833)
- Peperidia sidifolia (Link & Otto) Kostel. in Allg. Med.-Pharm. Fl. 2: 455 (1833)
- Peperidia subpeltata (Willd.) Kostel. in Allg. Med.-Pharm. Fl. 2: 456 (1833)
- Peperomia grandifolia A.Dietr. in Sp. Pl., ed. 6. 1: 166 (1831)
- Peperomia reniformis (Poir.) A.Dietr. in Sp. Pl., ed. 6. 1: 162 (1831), nom. illeg.
- Peperomia sidifolia (Link & Otto) A.Dietr. in Sp. Pl., ed. 6. 1: 141 (1831)
- Peperomia subpeltata (Willd.) A.Dietr. in Sp. Pl., ed. 6. 1: 144 (1831)
- Piper afzelianum Schult. in Mant. 1: 235 (1822)
- Piper cuernavacanum C.DC. in Linnaea 37: 363 (1872)
- Piper dombeyanum C.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16(1): 332 (1869)
- Piper grandifolium Afzel. in Rem. Guin.: 39 (1815)
- Piper latifolium Lam. in Tabl. Encycl. 1: 81 (1791), nom. illeg.
- Piper reniforme Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 5: 465 (1804)
- Piper sidifolium Link & Otto in Icon. Pl. Select.: 15 (1820)
- Piper subpeltatum Willd. in Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 1: 166 (1797)
- Piper subpeltatum var. parvifolium C.DC. in Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot., sér. 2, 1(2): 54 (1900)
- Piper subpeltatum var. sidifolium (Link & Otto) C.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16(1): 334 (1869)
- Piper umbellatum var. geminatum C.DC. in Candollea 1: 170 (1923)
- Piper umbellatum var. glabrum C.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16(1): 333 (1869)
- Piper umbellatum var. majus C.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16(1): 333 (1869)
- Piper umbellatum var. subpeltatum (Willd.) C.DC. in Annuaire Conserv. Jard. Bot. Genève 11-12: 57 (1908)
- Piper umbellatum var. tomentellum C.DC. in Candollea 1: 170 (1923)
- Piper umbellatum var. vestitum C.DC. in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 13: 311 (1914)
- Pothomorphe allenii Trel. in Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 27: 306 (1940)
- Pothomorphe dombeyana Miq. in Syst. Piperac.: 211 (1843)
- Pothomorphe sidifolia (Link & Otto) Miq. in Comm. Phytogr.: 36 (1840)
- Pothomorphe subpeltata (Willd.) Miq. in Comm. Phytogr.: 37 (1840)
- Pothomorphe umbellata var. cuernavacana (C.DC.) Trel. & Yunck. in Piperac. N. South Amer.: 441 (1950)
- Pothomorphe umbellata f. glabra (C.DC.) Steyerm. in Fl. Venez. 2(2): 604 (1984), without basionym ref.
- Pothomorphe umbellata var. glabra (C.DC.) Trel. & Yunck. in Piperac. N. South Amer.: 440 (1950)
- Pothomorphe umbellata var. glabrior Miq. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 4(1): 26 (1852)
- Pothomorphe umbellata var. vestita (C.DC.) Yunck. in Lilloa 27: 166 (1955)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America
- Regional: Central America
  - Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá
- Regional: Western South America
  - Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru
- Regional: Western South America
  - Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central
- Regional: Northern South America
  - Colombia, Venezuela
- Regional: Caribbean
  - Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Is.
Continental: Northern America
- Regional: Mexico
  - Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest
- Introduced into:
  - Angola, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Comoros, Congo, DR Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., India, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Malawi, Malaya, Mauritius, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nigeria, Philippines, Queensland, Rwanda, Réunion, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sudan-South Sudan, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Vietnam, Zimbabwe

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 30. Reference page.

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 umbellatum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 June 23. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2025. Piper umbellatum. Published online. Accessed: June 23 2025. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2025. Piper umbellatum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 23 June 2025. Reference page.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Piper umbellatum in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service.

Taxonavigation

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