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Project Name Data (Last Modified On 11/20/2012)
 

Flora Data (Last Modified On 11/20/2012)
Species PIPER ADUNCUM L.
PlaceOfPublication Sp. P1. 1:29. 1753.
Synonym 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.
Description 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
Habit Shrub tree
Description 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.
Distribution West Indies and on the mainland through Central America and northern South America.
Specimen 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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