(Last Modified On 11/20/2012)
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(Last Modified On 11/20/2012)
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Species
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PIPER ADUNCUM L.
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Sp. P1. 1:29. 1753.
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Synonym
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Piper elongatum Vahl, Enum. P1. 1:312. 1805, sensu Trelease in Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 26:36. 1927. Piper celtidifolium H.B.K. Nov. Gen. & Sp. 1:50. 1815. Artanthe adunca Miq. Comm. Phyt. 49. 1838. Steffensia adunca Kunth, in Linnaea 13:633. 1939. Artanthe celtidifolia Miq. Syst. Pip. 452. 1848. Piper fatoanum C.DC. in Smiths. Misc. Coll. 716:7. 1920. Piper aduncum var. laevifolium C.DC. loc. cit. 8. 1920. Piper elongatum var. laevifolium (C.DC.) Trel. in Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 26:37. 1927. Piper intersitum Trel. in H. Daniel, Una Ascension Al Cerro de "La Vieja," Medellin, Colombia, 12. 1940, in part. Piper intersitum var. Porcecitense Trel. loc. cit. 13. 1940.
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Description
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Shrub or small tree, mostly 3-9 m. tall, nodose; flowering internodes rath- er slender, short, rather sparsely pubes- cent glabrescent; leaves lanceolate to subelliptic, 4-8 or scarcely 10 cm. wide X 12-24 cm. long, apex sharp- acuminate, base inequilaterally rounded or cordulate, one side mostly 3-4 mm. shorter, pinnately nerved to the middle or upper third, the nerves 6-8 on each side, sharply ascending, the innermost meeting at the apex, gradually approxi- mated downward with usually 2 or 3 on each side very near the base, sca- brous and more or less pubescent above, at least along the nerves, commonly tardily somewhat rugulose, pubescent or glabrescent between the nerves and
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Habit
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Shrub tree
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Description
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somewhat glandular-dotted beneath, the nerves commonly subappressed-hairy, dry- ing firm, translucent, pellucid-dotted; petiole 3-8 plus 3-4 mm. long, pubescent, vaginate at the base; spikes 3-4 mm. thick X 8-15 cm. long, short-cuspidate, gradually curved or hooked; peduncle slender, 8-20 mm. long, mostly about 10-12 mm., puberulent; bracts triangular- or rounded-subpeltate, marginally fringed; fruit small, obovoid, more or less tri- or tetragonous, glabrous, stigmas sessile.
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Distribution
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West Indies and on the mainland through Central America and northern South America.
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Specimen
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BOCAS DEL TORO: Cricamola Valley, vicinity of Almirante, Cooper 53I; Isla Col6n, alt. 0-120 m., von Wedel 5I5. CANAL ZONE: vicinity of Fort Sherman, Standley 3094I; near Rio Medio, Battery 46 Hill, Miller I770; near old Fort Lorenzo, mouth of Rio Chagres, Piper 5985; between Chagres Batteries and Fort San Lorenzo, Fort Sherman Military Reser- vation, Maxon d Valentine 6992; hills west of the canal, near Gatuin, Standley 27256; alluvial bottom near Bohio, alt. 10-20 m., Maxon 4766; Madden Dam Road, Miller i803. COLON: along the beach between Fat6 and Playa de Damas, Pittier 3935, 3930; forests around Porto Bello, alt. 5-100 m., Pittier 2438. PANAMA: near Tapia River, Juan Diaz region, Maxon d Harvey 667I; Tumba Muerto Road, near Panama, Standley 29803; forests, on dry limestone, around Alhajuela, Chagres Valley, alt. 30-100 m., Pittier 35I0.
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