Piper glabrescens, Martinez-Camilo, R 1343--Mexico, Chiapas, Tres Picos 19 Feb 2012 3504 (7).JPG
Native to Belize, Brazil North, Colombia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Leeward Is., Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Windward Is. (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 2 countries.
Location
Mexico, Chiapas
17.209056, -92.966472
Location Remarks
Mirador La Selva Negra. Por Cta. Rincon Chamula (Cta 195), c. 2.2 km noroeste de Rincon Chamula. 1898 m elev.
Collectors
Ruben Martínez-Camilo, Hector Gomez-Dominguez, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
Arbusto 1 m. Punto de espiga largo y estéril.
Location
Nicaragua, Matagalpa
12.996944, -85.908889
Location Remarks
Hotel Selva Negra; artificial pond near gate, below restaurant. 1250 m elev.
Collectors
W. Douglas Stevens, Indiana Coronado, Olga Martha Montiel, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, M. Salazar
Notes
Shrub 2.5 m tall, spikes erect, green. Callejas [Fl. Meso. v. 2 (2)] uses P. rothschuhii for Central American plants.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Piperales
Family
Piperaceae
Genus
Piper
Specific Epithet
glabrescens
Authorship
(Miq.) C.DC.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 9.2
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.4
Global rank
#120,784 of 335,497
Top 37%
Extinction probability
5%
