Taxon: Piper auritum Kunth

Genus:

Piper

Family:

Piperaceae

Nomen number:

312915

Place of publication:

F. W. H. A. von Humboldt et al., Nov. gen. sp. 1:45[folio]; 1:54[quarto]. 1816

Link to protologue:

Typification:

Name Verified on:

18-mar-1997 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last Changed: 13-sep-2002

Species priority site is:

Natl. Germplasm Repository - Miami (MIA)

Accessions:

0 in National Plant Germplasm System

Common names:

ear-leaf pepper (Source: Trop Flow Pl) - English
Mexican pepperleaf (Source: Pl Names) - English
sacred pepper (Source: Pl Names) - English
Vera Cruz pepper (Source: Herbs Commerce ed2) - English
anisillo (Source: pers. comm.) - Spanish
cordoncillo (Source: pers. comm.) - Spanish
hierba santa (Source: CRC MedHerbs ed2) - Spanish
hoja de Santa María (Source: Cornucopia II) - Spanish
Santa María (Source: pers. comm.) - Spanish
hoja santa (Source: Pl Names) - Spanish (Mexico)

Economic Importance:

Food additives: flavoring (fide F Cuba; Food Feed Crops US)
Medicines: folklore (fide CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2)

Distributional Range:

Native

Northern America

Mexico (s.)

Southern America

CENTRAL AMERICA: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Colombia

Cultivated

Southern America

CARIBBEAN: Cuba

Naturalized

Southern America

CARIBBEAN: Cuba, Jamaica (natzd.?)

References:

Adams, C. Flowering plants of Jamaica. 1972 (F Jam)
Burger, W. C., ed. Flora costaricensis. 1971- (F CostaR)
Callejas, R. 1998. pers. comm. (pers. comm.)
Duke, J. A. et al. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. 2002 (CRC MedHerbs ed2)
Facciola, S. Cornucopia II: a source book of edible plants. 1998 (Cornucopia II)
Llamas, K. A. Tropical flowering plants: a guide to identification and cultivation. 2003 (Trop Flow Pl)
Markle, G. M. et al., eds. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. 1998 (Food Feed Crops US)
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000 (Herbs Commerce ed2)
Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource). (Pl Names)

Check other web resources for Piper auritum Kunth :

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=312915. Accessed 18 mayo 2024.