Piper acutifolium Ruiz & Pav.

  • Filed As

    Piperaceae
    Piper acutifolium Ruiz & Pav.

  • Collector(s)

    B. Peyton 588, 16 Jun 1982

  • Location

    Peru. Cusco. Urubamba Prov. Machu Picchu, on the slopes of Altillero, 2.5 km from km 99 of the Urubamba railroad ( plot #93). Aspect NW, slope 48% Humid Low Mt. Subtropical Forest, below a cliff in an area periodically burned, lower seral stage of vegetation.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 4134434

    Occurrence ID: 7cdaf363-d899-461d-a9bd-7751820776f5

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  • Region

    South America

  • Country

    Peru

  • State/Province

    Cusco

  • County/Municipio

    Urubamba Prov.

  • Locality

    Machu Picchu, on the slopes of Altillero, 2.5 km from km 99 of the Urubamba railroad ( plot #93). Aspect NW, slope 48% Humid Low Mt. Subtropical Forest, below a cliff in an area periodically burned, lower seral stage of vegetation

  • Elevation

    Alt. 2450 m. (8038 ft.)

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The New York Botanical Garden
Piper acutifolium R & P
det: R. Callejas. }984
PERU
CUSCO
Urubamba, Machu Picchu’, on the slopes of Altlllero, 2.5km
from km 99 of the Urubamba railroad, (plot #93).
altitude 2450 m, aspect NW, slope 48%
Humid Low Mt. Subtropics I Forest, below a cliff 1n an area
periodically burned; lower serel stege of vegetation.
Shrub, ht: to 2m; jointed stem; dark	green rough textured
leaves; pale green veins; stem brewed in	tea to cure cancer.
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
B.Peyton, S.TIlney Peyton 588	16 June 1982
Collected under tne auspices of the Flora of Peru project and the Spectacled Bear Kaeitat study,
a collaborative effort of the Missouri Botanical Garden and the Field Museuir of Natural History in
con3uction »»ith the Univejrsidad San Antonio Abad, the Universidad Nacional Kayor de San Marcos and
the Universidad Nacional de Aoazoma Peruana. Field work supported by the New York Zoological Society.
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