Piper poiteanum

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Piper poiteanum

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<<Inflorescences>Peduncle>Length

1-1.5 cm long1
1. 004-002-001

<<Inflorescences>Spikes>Length

7-16.5 cm long2
2. 004-003-001

<<Infructescences>Fruits>Stigma

stigmas 3, sessile.3
3. 005-002-002

<<Infructescences>Fruits>Thickness

1 mm thick4
4. 005-002-001

<<Petiole>Blade>Apex

apex acuminate,5
5. 003-002-004

<<Petiole>Blade>Base

base equal, rounded to subcordate to deeply cordate, glabrous but veins glabrous or sparsely pubescent below;6
6. 003-002-005

<<Petiole>Blade>Dimensions

7-12 x 3-5 cm7
7. 003-002-003

<<Petiole>Blade>Shape

oblong to ovate8
8. 003-002-002

<<Petiole>Blade>Texture

membranous, bicolourous, not scabrous9
9. 003-002-001

<Habit>Height

to 8 m tall10
10. 001-001

<Inflorescences>Floral bracts

floral bracts cucullate-inflexed, densely marginally fringed.11
11. 004-004

<Inflorescences>Growth form

presumably pendent12
12. 004-001

<Inflorescences>Peduncle

peduncle , minutely pubescent or glabrous;13
13. 004-002

<Inflorescences>Spikes

spike , yellow to green, apiculate;14
14. 004-003

<Infructescences>Fruits

fruits depressed globose to trigonous, , glabrous,15
15. 005-002

<Infructescences>Length

to 15 cm long16
16. 005-001

<Petiole>Blade

blade , not conspicuously glandular-dotted, , ,17
17. 003-002

<Petiole>Length

1.5-2.5 cm long18
18. 003-001

<Petiole>Veins

palmately-pinnately veined, secondary veins 2-3 per side originating from lower 1/4 of primary vein, flat above, prominent below, tertiary veins transverse, prominulous below.19
19. 003-003

Description

Vine or climbing shrub to 8 m tall. Upper internodes finely striate, glabrescent. Petiole 1.5-2.5 cm long, glabrous or sparsely pubescent, vaginate to apex; blade membranous, bicolourous, not scabrous, not conspicuously glandular-dotted, oblong to ovate, 7-12 x 3-5 cm, apex acuminate, base equal, rounded to subcordate to deeply cordate, glabrous but veins glabrous or sparsely pubescent below; palmately-pinnately veined, secondary veins 2-3 per side originating from lower 1/4 of primary vein, flat above, prominent below, tertiary veins transverse, prominulous below. Inflorescence presumably pendent; peduncle 1-1.5 cm long, minutely pubescent or glabrous; spike 7-16.5 cm long, yellow to green, apiculate; floral bracts cucullate-inflexed, densely marginally fringed. Infructescence to 15 cm long; fruits depressed globose to trigonous, 1 mm thick, glabrous, stigmas 3, sessile.

Distribution

Bolivar present, Guianas present, Southern America: Brazil North (Amazonas present); Venezuela (Venezuela present)
The Guianas and Venezuela (Amazonas, Bolivar); 12 collections studied, several sterile (GU: 5; SU: 5; FG: 4).

Habit

Vine or climbing shrub .20
20. 001

Individuals Association

Suriname, locality unknown, Kappler 1482 Suriname, Brownsberg Nature Reserve, Lindeman & Heyde 695 Piste de St Elie, Prévost 1648 Guyana, Kanuku Mts., Crabwood Cr., Jansen-Jacobs et al. 4363 Guyana, Berbice-Courantyne region, near Cow falls, McDowell 2227

Inflorescences

Inflorescence ;21
21. 004

Infructescences

Infructescence ;22
22. 005

Notes

Steyermark & Callejas (2002: 719) erroneously used Piper foveolatum C. DC. as name for this taxon, apparently not realizing that Steudel in 1841 already validly published a combination in Piper.

Petiole

Petiole , glabrous or sparsely pubescent, vaginate to apex;23
23. 003

Upper internodes

Upper internodes finely striate, glabrescent.24
24. 002