Piper heterophyllum Ruiz & Pav.

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Peru

• State/Province

  Madre de Dios

• County/Municipio

  Tambopata Prov.

• Locality

  ca. 30 air km or 70-80 river km SSW Puerto Maldonado at effluence Rio La Torre (Rio D'Obigny) / Rio Tambopata (SE bank); Tambopata Nature Reserve

• Elevation

  Alt. 260 m. (853 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -12.82, -69.28

• Location Notes

  [South America]

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

The New York Botanical Garden
PERU
Madre de Dios
Family: PIPERACEAS
Piper
Province Tambopata:ca. 30 air km or 70-80 river
km SSW Puerto Maldonado at effluence Rio La
Torre(Rio Df0rbigny)/Rio Tambopata(SE bank);
Tambopata Nature Reserve; Tropical Moist forest;
12%9’S, 69°1T'W; el. ca. 260m.
Peduncle and petioles reddish, inflorescence
gi^en; jshrub to 2 m,j along trail.
Barbour____J-9 Apr.il I98O—
Collected under the auspices of the Flora of Peru project, a collaborative effort of the Missouri Botanical
Garden and Field Museum of Natural History in conjunction with the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San
Marcos and the Universidad Nacional de Amazonia Peruana. Field work supported by the National Science
Foundation and National Geographic Society.
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