Piper curtispicum C.DC. ex Pittier belongs to the Piperaceae family. Flora of the World contains 1 recorded occurrence of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Piperales
Family
Piperaceae
Genus
Piper
Specific Epithet
curtispicum
Authorship
C.DC. ex Pittier
Source
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 3.9
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
#194,643 of 335,497
Top 59%
Extinction probability
6%
Location
Costa Rica, Puntarenas, Golfito (Puerto Jimenez)
8.465417, -83.279778
Location Remarks
Puerto Jiménez, camino a playa Tamales, pequeño parche de bosque, al este del puente sobre la Quebrada Tigre. 27 m elev.
Collectors
Reinaldo Aguilar, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
De tallo único 0.5 m. Espigas blancas, erectas.