Piper pterocladum C. DC.

Piperaceae

Collection NumberNeill, D 15928
CollectorsDavid Neill, C. Davidson, S. Christoph
Identified ByE.J. Tepe, 2019
SourceS. Christoph
Date22 September 2007
CountryEcuador
provinceZamora Chinchipe
cantonEl Pangui
LocationCordillera del Cóndor region. Río Wawaime watershed, tributary of Río Quimi. Below site of proposed EcuaCorriente copper mine, on ridge near 1-ha forest inventory "Wawaime Plot". Tall cloud forest on ridge, on substrate of mixed sand and clay soil, below sandstone plateau. 1130 m elev.
Lat/LongS 03 34 18 W 078 26 46
NoteShrub 1.5 m tall. Midrib and secondaries of leaves purple below. Spikes erect.