Taxon: Piper umbellatum L.

 
Genus: Piper
Family: Piperaceae
Nomen number: 400110
Place of publication: Sp. pl. 1:30. 1753
Link to protologue:
Typification:
Name Verified on: 27-sep-1994 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last Changed: 03-abr-1996
Species priority site is:
Accessions: 0 in National Plant Germplasm System

Synonyms:

Common names:

  • cordoncillo  (Source: pers. comm.) - Spanish
  • da hu jiao  (Source: F ChinaEng) - Transcribed Chinese

Economic Importance:

  • Food additives: flavoring (fide R. Callejas, pers. comm. 1996; Food Feed Crops US)
  • Medicines: folklore (fide Dict Econ Pl, as Heckeria umbellata)

Distributional Range:

    Native

    Northern America
    • Mexico

    Southern America
    • CARIBBEAN: Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Jamaica, Montserrat
    • CENTRAL AMERICA: Guatemala
    • NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Venezuela
    • BRAZIL: Brazil [Ceara, Minas Gerais, Sao Paulo]
    • WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru


    Naturalized (natzd. in paleotropics)

References:

  1. Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45. 1993 (L Peru)
  2. Callejas, R. 1998. pers. comm. (pers. comm.)
  3. Howard, R. Flora of the lesser Antilles. 1974-1989 (F LAnt)
  4. Markle, G. M. et al., eds. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. 1998 (Food Feed Crops US)
  5. Tebbs, M. C. 1993. Revision of Piper (Piperaceae) in the New World. 3. The taxonomy of Piper sections Lepianthes and Radula Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. London, Bot. 23:3.
  6. Uphof, J. C. T. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2. 1968 (Dict Econ Pl)
  7. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. Flora of China (English edition). 1994- (F ChinaEng)

Check other web resources for Piper umbellatum L. :

  • Flora of China: Online version from Harvard University
  • 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=400110. Accessed 18 mayo 2024.