Native to Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 2 countries.
Piper boehmeriifolium
var. boehmeriifolium
Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO
Location
Thailand, Chiang Mai (Mueang Chiang Mai, Suthep)
18.831167, 98.8895
Location Remarks
Doi Suthep Pui National Park. Doi Pui Nature Trail. 1669 m elev.
Collectors
Voradol Chamchumroon, Jacinto (Jack) C. Regalado, Sharon R. Christoph, Christopher Davidson, Nikhom Ritphet, S. Sirimongkol
Notes
Shrub 1.5 m.
Identified as
Piper boehmeriifolium var. boehmeriifolium
Location
China, Yunnan, Jinghong. (Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Jinghong)
21.970833, 101.195
Location Remarks
Xishuangbanna Daizuzi-Zhizhou; NW of Menglun-zhen between Menglun-zhen and Jingzu-Xiang on route G213 along a tributary of the Nanban Jiang (Nanban River). Mixed broadleaved evergreen and deciduous forest with Fagaceae and Lauraceae common on steep, unaltered slopes, also Duabanga common along main stream; most of forest on accessible slopes converted to rubber plantations. 830-920 m. elev.
Collectors
David E. Boufford, Sharon R. Christoph, Christopher Davidson, Xin-Han Huang, Zhuo Zhou
Notes
Climbing on tree. Vine; leaves green on both surfaces, upper surface darker, not or slightly shining; inflorescences pale orangish.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Piperales
Family
Piperaceae
Genus
Piper
Specific Epithet
boehmeriifolium
Authorship
(Wall. ex Miq.) C.DC.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 3.0
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.3
Global rank
#163,813 of 335,497
Top 49%
Extinction probability
10%