Taxon: Piper peltatum L.

Genus:

Piper

Family:

Piperaceae

Nomen number:

28593

Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 1:30. "pelatum"; 2: errata. 1753

Link to protologue:

Typification:

Name Verified on:

03-abr-1996 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last Changed: 29-ago-2008

Species priority site is:

Accessions:

0 in National Plant Germplasm System

Synonyms:

(≡) Pothomorphe peltata (L.) Miq.

Common names:

cordoncillo (Source: pers. comm.) - Spanish
Santa María (Source: pers. comm.) - Spanish

Economic Importance:

Food additives: flavoring (fide R. Callejas, pers. comm. 1996)
Weed: (of unknown importance fide Atlas WWeed)

Distributional Range:

Native

Northern America

Mexico

Southern America

CENTRAL AMERICA: Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama
NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Guyana, Venezuela
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru

References:

Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45. 1993 (L Peru)
Callejas, R. 1998. pers. comm. (pers. comm.)
Holm, L. et al. A geographical atlas of world weeds. 1979 (Atlas WWeed)

Check other web resources for Piper peltatum L. :

TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Databas of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://germoplasma.iniaf.gob.bo/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=28593. Accessed 18 mayo 2024.