Piper auritum
in A. von Humboldt et al., Nov. Gen. Sp. 1: 54. 1816.
Introduced
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 3.
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
Introduced; 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.
"/6lengthofleaf-blade" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.
... more about "Piper auritum"
abruptly short-acuminate;acute +
cordate +
peltate +
minute +
scanty +
sessile +
bisexual +
sessile +
oblong +
whitish +
axillary +
true +
connected +
ascending-arching +
ladderlike +
veined +
ovate +
17cm;20cm +
simple +
pubescent +
basal +
superior +
absent +
abundant +
winged +
absent +
in A. von Humboldt et al., Nov. Gen. Sp. +
1816 +
Introduced +
flowered +
hypogynous +
adnate +
absent +
pubescent +
Piper auritum +
Piper +
species +
scattered +
rhizomatous +
glandular-dotted +
aromatic +
reclining +
glabrous +
small +