Native to Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Suriname, Venezuela; introduced into Caroline Is., Cuba, Florida, Haiti, Hawaii, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Samoa (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 2 countries.
Location
Costa Rica, Heredia (La Quinta de Sarapiqui Country Inn)
Location Remarks
La Quinta Inn
Collectors
No collectors specified
Location
Ecuador, Pichincha (Quito)
0.021944, -78.746944
Location Remarks
Along road between Tandayapa and Mindo, vicinity of Bellavisata Tourist Lodge, 6.5 km N of Tandayapa on old road from Nono to Mindo. 2270 m elev.
Collectors
Tom B. Croat, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
Shrub 3 m tall; sap smelling strongly of anise; spikes grey-green, erect.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Piperales
Family
Piperaceae
Genus
Piper
Specific Epithet
auritum
Authorship
Kunth
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 5.7
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.2
Global rank
#172,803 of 335,497
Top 52%
Extinction probability
6%