Piper auritum

Kunth in A. von Humboldt et al.

in A. von Humboldt et al., Nov. Gen. Sp. 1: 54. 1816.

Treatment appears in FNA Volume 3.
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Shrubs or subshrubs (rarely herbaceous), reclining, 2-5 m, glabrous. Leaves: petiole 1/6-1/3 length of leaf-blade, winged at base. Leaf-blade ovate, 20-35×17-20 cm, base narrowly and deeply obliquely cordate, apex abruptly short-acuminate to acute; surfaces abaxially and adaxially minutely pubescent, most conspicuously so along veins. Spikes 12-25 cm. Fruits not seen.


Phenology: Flowering all year.
Habitat: Thickets
Elevation: 0-20 m

Distribution

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Fla., Mexico, West Indies, Central America, n South America

Discussion

Piper auritum has been collected as "wild" in Broward County, Florida.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.