Piper gaudichaudianum Kunth

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Bolivia

• State/Province

  Santa Cruz

• County/Municipio

  Andrés Ibáñez Prov.

• Locality

  A large (ca. 10-15 hectares) wetland complex, across the highway from the international airport.

• Elevation

  Alt. 430 m. (1411 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -17.65, -63.17

• Location Notes

  [South America]; [Map associated with specimen]

• Distribution

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HODGDON HERbXrIUM
UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
Piper gaudichaudianum Kunth
Piperaceae	Ritter 4066a
Determined by: N. Ritter (NHA), 1999
Flora of Bolivia
Family: Piperaceae
Piper
Department of Santa Cruz
Province of Andres Ibanez
A large (ca. 10-15 hectares) wetland complex, across
the highway from the international airport.
Elevation: ca. 430 meters. Approximate location:
17°39'S 63°10'W
Shrub. Up to ca. 2.0 meters tall.
Occasional. Growing on hummocks,
and along the transition to upland.
Fertile. Habitat: a seasonally
inundated area of the marsh.
Characterized by abundant
hummock-forming ferns. During
the rainy season, the areas between
the hutnmocks are covered in
free-floating macrophytes.
June 28, 1997	#4066*
Collected by: Nur Ritter, Garrett Crow and Charlyn
Crow
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
04137853
Hodgdon Herbarium
University of New Hampshire
04137853