Piper

  • Filed As

    Piperaceae
    Piper

  • Collector(s)

    L. J. Brass 31596, 20 Sep 1959

  • Location

    Papua New Guinea. Eastern Highlands. Purosa, Okapa area.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 4159021

    Occurrence ID: 2a039d17-a93e-4c8c-854a-49c90d61b4d7

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  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Piperales

  • Family

    Piperaceae

  • All Determinations

    Piper

  • Region

    Oceania

  • Country

    Papua New Guinea

  • State/Province

    Eastern Highlands

  • Locality

    Purosa, Okapa area

  • Elevation

    Alt. 1950 m. (6398 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    -6.66446, 145.566

  • Coordinate Uncertainty (m)

    1800

  • Georeferencing Method

    Georeferencing Best Practices (Chapman and Wieczor. I placed the point at the village of Purosa, located to the south of the locality of Okapa, with the uncertainty radius encompassing the area surrounding the village up to ca. 1800 meters.

  • Geodetic Datum

    WGS84

  • Location Notes

    [Pacifica]

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PLANTS OF NEW GUINEA
Piper
Climbing to 8 m in mixed rain forest; leases
aromatic, grayish below; fruiting spikes red.
Eastern Highlands District: Purosa, Okapa area, alt. 1950 m.
L. J. Brass, no. 31596_September 20« *959
Collected on the Sixth Archbold Expedition sponsored by the American
Museum of Natural History with the aid of a grant from the
National Science Foundation.
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