Piper cernuum Vell.

Species

Angiosperms > Piperales > Piperaceae > Piper

Characteristics

Shrub or treelet, 2-6 m tall. Stem densely pubescent. Petiole vaginate to apex, 4-9 cm long, densely pubescent; blade not scabrous, not glandular-dotted, broadly ovate to elliptic-ovate, 23-60 x 14-28 cm, apex acute, base equal or almost equally attached to petiole, deeply unequally lobed, glabrous or sparsely pubescent above, veins glabrescent above, densely pubescent below; pinnately veined, secondary veins 5-8 per side, originating from lower 3/4 or more of primary vein, flat above and prominulous below, tertiary veins widely reticulate or sometimes transverse. Inflorescence pendent; peduncle 1-3(-5) cm long, densely pubescent; spike 20-60 cm long, yellow, not apiculate; rachis glabrous; floral bracts marginally fringed; stamens laterally dehiscent. Fruits obovoid, ca. 2-2.5 mm wide, puberulent at apex, stigmas 3, sessile, to 8 mm long.
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Shrub or treelet, 2-6 m tall. Stem densely pubescent. Petiole vaginate to apex, 4-9 cm long, densely pubescent; blade not scabrous, not glandular-dotted, broadly ovate to elliptic-ovate, 23-60 x 14-28 cm, apex acute, base equal or almost equally attached to petiole, deeply unequally lobed, glabrous or sparsely pubescent above, veins glabrescent above, densely pubescent below; pinnately veined, secondary veins 5-8 per side, originating from lower 3/4 or more of primary vein, flat above and prominulous below, tertiary veins widely reticulate or sometimes transverse. Inflorescence pendent; peduncle 1-3(-5) cm long, densely pubescent; spike 20-60 cm long, yellow, not apiculate; rachis glabrous; floral bracts marginally fringed; stamens laterally dehiscent. Fruits obovoid, ca. 2-2.5 mm wide, puberulent at apex, stigmas 3, sessile, to 8 mm long.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Distribution

Piper cernuum world distribution map, present in Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Conservation status

Piper cernuum threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:680856-1
WFO ID wfo-0000478887
COL ID 4J3KG
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INPN ID 734577
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Synonyms

Piper cernuum Piper gigantifolium Piper cabellense Artanthe cernua Piper eximium Artanthe spectabilis Piper ovalifolium Artanthe eximia Steffensia eximia Artanthe spectabilis var. glabrior Piper cernuum var. cernuum Piper obliquum var. eximium Piper arbelaezii var. subglabrirameum Piper cernuum var. glabricaule Piper gigantifolium var. brevipedunculatum

Lower taxons

Piper cernuum var. perlongispicum Piper cernuum var. araguense Piper cernuum var. biformipilum