Piper dilatatum Rich.

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Venezuela

• State/Province

  Aragua

• Locality

  Ricaurte. gallery forest bordered by rocky boulders, in deep quebrada, along Río Tuy, 3½ km (by air) southeast of Colonia Tovar, at crossing of Río Tuy east of Topo El Zamuro

• Elevation

  Alt. 1080 - 1120 m. (3543 - 3675 ft.)

• Coordinates

  10.3889, -67.2556

• Distribution

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shrub branched at base with several stems, 3 m. tall;
leaves rugose both sides, dark green above, pale green
below; spikes erect, dull white; leaves smooth above to
the tcrnch	*
ESTADO ARAGUA: Distrito Ricaurte: gallery forest bordered bj
rocky boulders, in deep quebrada, along Rio Tuy, 3 1/2 km
(by air) southeast of Colonia Tovar, at crossing of Rio Tuy
east of Topo El Zamuro, Lat. 10°23f20T,N, Long. 67°15*20"W.
Alt. 1080-1120 meters	29 March 1980
Julian A. Steyermark & Ronald Liesner
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
Instituto Botánico (Venezuela).
PLANTS OF VENEZUELA	<©H
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