Endemic to Sri Lanka; introduced into 40 botanical countries across Africa, Temperate Asia, Tropical Asia, Pacific, Northern America, and Southern America (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

Not collected.

June 29, 2004

Location

Tanzania, Tanga (Amani)

-5.098333, 38.625278

Location Remarks

East UsambaraMountains. Amani Nature Reserve.

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Piperales

Family

Piperaceae

Genus

Piper

Specific Epithet

nigrum

Authorship

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 7.4

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

1.1

Global rank

#39,034 of 335,497

Top 12%

Extinction probability

16%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →