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|accepted_name=Piper auritum
|accepted_authority=Kunth in A. von Humboldt et al.
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in A. von Humboldt et al., Nov. Gen. Sp.
|place=1: 54. 1816
|year=1816
}}
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
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|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Piperaceae;Piper;Piper auritum
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Piperaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Piper]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Piper auritum]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 3
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism orientation;whole_organism some measurement;whole_organism pubescence;whole_organism growth form;whole_organism orientation;whole_organism some measurement;whole_organism pubescence;whole_organism growth form"><b>Shrubs </b>or subshrubs (rarely herbaceous), reclining, 2-5 m, glabrous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="petiole length;petiole architecture"><b>Leaves:</b> petiole 1/6-1/3 length of leaf-blade, winged at base.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="leaf-blade shape;leaf-blade length;leaf-blade width;base shape;apex shape"><b>Leaf-</b>blade ovate, 20-35×17-20 cm, base narrowly and deeply obliquely cordate, apex abruptly short-acuminate to acute;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="surface pubescence">surfaces abaxially and adaxially minutely pubescent, most conspicuously so along veins.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="spike some measurement"><b>Spikes </b>12-25 cm.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties=""><b>Fruits </b>not seen.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering all year.
|habitat=Thickets
|elevation=0-20 m
|distribution=Fla.;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;n South America
|introduced=true
|discussion=<p>Piper auritum has been collected as "wild" in Broward County, Florida.</p>
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|references=
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name=Piper auritum
|authority=Kunth in A. von Humboldt et al.
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Piperaceae
|phenology=Flowering all year.
|habitat=Thickets
|elevation=0-20 m
|distribution=Fla.;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;n South America
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=in A. von Humboldt et al., Nov. Gen. Sp.
|publication year=1816
|special status=Introduced
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|genus=Piper
|species=Piper auritum
|apex shape=abruptly short-acuminate;acute
|base shape=cordate
|leaf-blade length=20cm;35cm
|leaf-blade shape=ovate
|leaf-blade width=17cm;20cm
|petiole architecture=winged
|petiole length=1/6 length of leaf-blade;1/3 length of leaf-blade
|spike some measurement=12cm;25cm
|surface pubescence=pubescent
|whole_organism growth form=subshrub;shrub
|whole_organism orientation=reclining;reclining
|whole_organism pubescence=glabrous;glabrous
|whole_organism some measurement=2m;5m
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