Piper capense--Kenya. Kakamega Forest. 8 Jul 04. 013.jpg
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Piper capense--Kenya. Brackenhurst Bot. Gard., Limuru. 26 Jun 04. 059.jpg
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Piper capense--Uganda. Kibale Forest. 5 Jul 04. 085.jpg
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Piper capense, WKindeketa2990--Tanz. Rungwe Distr. Rungwe For. Res. 24 Jan 08. 261.jpg
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Piper capense--So.Africa. Mpumal. Moodie Mts. 18 Mch 05. 400.jpg
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Native to Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Comoros, DR Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe; introduced into Bangladesh (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 5 occurrences across 4 countries.
Location
Tanzania, Mbeya, Rungwe (Swaya)
-9.035833, 33.569722
Location Remarks
Mporoto Ridge; beginning of access road to Ngozi Crater, in lower montane forest. 2015 m elev.
Collectors
William J. Kindeketa, Roy E. Gereau, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Location
Uganda
Location Remarks
Kibale Forest
Collectors
No collectors specified
Location
Kenya, Kiambu, Limuru (Brackenhurst Botanic Garden)
Location Remarks
Town of Limuru, about 30 miles northwest of Nairobi.
Collectors
No collectors specified
Location
South Africa, Mpumalanga (Umjindi NU)
-25.795278, 31.085278
Location Remarks
Southeast of Barberton on highway R40 toward Swaziland. Saddleback Pass in Moodie Mountains.
Collectors
Location
Kenya, Kericho (Kipchebor)
-0.378611, 35.266389
Location Remarks
Gilgil on Hwy A1
Collectors
No collectors specified
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Piperales
Family
Piperaceae
Genus
Piper
Specific Epithet
capense
Authorship
L.fil.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Moderate
ED 14.0
Moderately distinct — it has closer living relatives than the most isolated species.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.6
Global rank
#73,949 of 335,497
Top 23%
Extinction probability
6%
