Piper falculispicum Trel.

  • Authority

    Yuncker, Truman G. 1955. Plants collected in Ecuador by W. H. Camp. Piperaceae. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 9 (2): 147-170.

  • Family

    Piperaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Piper falculispicum Trel.

  • Description

    Distribution and Ecology - SANTIAGO-ZAMORA ("Oriente"): upland along Rio Upano just north of junction with Rio Chupiantza, near Mendez, 525-750 m, Nov 14, 1944, E-991.

  • Discussion

    This specimen agrees well with those previously examined with the exception that the main nerves are not so strongly cross-connected upward, the spikes are more slender, and the fruit is more trigonous.

  • Distribution

    SANTIAGO-ZAMORA ("Oriente"): upland along Rio Upano just north of junction with Rio Chupiantza, near Mendez, 525-750 m, Nov 14, 1944, E-991.

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