Native to 33 botanical countries across Northern America and Southern America; introduced into Galápagos (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

Davidson, C 10898

February 18, 2002

Location

Costa Rica, Heredia (Pococí Canton, Guápiles)

10.146972, -83.946167

Location Remarks

Parque Nacional Braulio Carillo. Roadside barrow near Rio Sucio, off main highway 32.

Collectors

Christopher Davidson

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Piperales

Family

Piperaceae

Genus

Piper

Specific Epithet

peltatum

Authorship

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 6.0

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

0.5

Global rank

#97,240 of 335,497

Top 29%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →