Piper dilatatum Rich.

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Venezuela

• State/Province

  Táchira

• Locality

  10 km E of La Fundación, ca 15 km by road, above Represa Dorada

• Elevation

  Alt. 748 - 7147 m. (2454 - 23448 ft.)

• Coordinates

  7.8, -71.78

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

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PLANTS OF VENEZUELA
No. 10540
PIPERACEAE
Piper dilatatimi L.C. Rich
det. J.A. Steyermark 1984
dilatatimi
1.5 m shrub; spikes erect, gray; leaves very
slightly rugose.
Estado Táchira: 10 km E of La Fundación,
ca 15 km by raod, above Represa Dorada;
canyon with rocky stream, dripping, moss
covered bluffs. Primary evergreen forest;
soils tending to be sandy derived from
metamorphic rock (schist or geniss) ca 800 m
alt; 7°48'N, 71°47'W.
14 March 1981
Ronald Liesner & Angel González
Distributed by the Missouri Botanical Garden and the Instituto Botánico
(Ministerio del Ambiente y de los Recursos Naturales Renovables). Field
work supported by NSF (United States) and CONICIT (Venezuela).
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
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