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retrofractum

Taxon

Piper retrofractum Vahl

Protologue Enum. Pl. Obs. 1: 314. 1804BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Piper officinarum--IL. Chicago. Garfield Park Conservatory. 30 Jun 05. 027.jpg

Piper officinarum--IL. Chicago. Garfield Park Conservatory. 30 Jun 05. 027.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Piper officinarum, Piperaceae, Chicago-Garfield Conservatory 6-05 016.jpg

Piper officinarum, Piperaceae, Chicago-Garfield Conservatory 6-05 016.jpg

By Sharon R. Christoph

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Piper officinarum--IL. Chicago. Garfield Park Conservatory. 30 Jun 05. 020.jpg

Piper officinarum--IL. Chicago. Garfield Park Conservatory. 30 Jun 05. 020.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Piper officinarum--IL. Chicago. Garfield Park Conservatory. 30 Jun 05. 031.jpg

Piper officinarum--IL. Chicago. Garfield Park Conservatory. 30 Jun 05. 031.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Piper officinarum--IL. Chicago. Garfield Park Conservatory. 30 Jun 05. 026.jpg

Piper officinarum--IL. Chicago. Garfield Park Conservatory. 30 Jun 05. 026.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Piper officinarum, Piperaceae, Chicago-Garfield Conservatory 6-05 017.jpg

Piper officinarum, Piperaceae, Chicago-Garfield Conservatory 6-05 017.jpg

By Sharon R. Christoph

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Piper officinarum, Piperaceae, Chicago-Garfield Conservatory 6-05 014.jpg

Piper officinarum, Piperaceae, Chicago-Garfield Conservatory 6-05 014.jpg

By Sharon R. Christoph

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Piper officinarum--IL. Chicago. Garfield Park Conservatory. 30 Jun 05. 021.jpg

Piper officinarum--IL. Chicago. Garfield Park Conservatory. 30 Jun 05. 021.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Piper officinarum--IL. Chicago. Garfield Park Conservatory. 30 Jun 05. 022.jpg

Piper officinarum--IL. Chicago. Garfield Park Conservatory. 30 Jun 05. 022.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Piper officinarum, Piperaceae, Chicago-Garfield Conservatory 6-05 015.jpg

Piper officinarum, Piperaceae, Chicago-Garfield Conservatory 6-05 015.jpg

By Sharon R. Christoph

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Piper officinarum--IL. Chicago. Garfield Park Conservatory. 30 Jun 05. 023.jpg

Piper officinarum--IL. Chicago. Garfield Park Conservatory. 30 Jun 05. 023.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Piper officinarum--IL. Chicago. Garfield Park Conservatory. 30 Jun 05. 028.jpg

Piper officinarum--IL. Chicago. Garfield Park Conservatory. 30 Jun 05. 028.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Piper retrofractum cf--Tanzania. Amani Nature Reserve. 29 Jun 04. 012.jpg

Piper retrofractum cf--Tanzania. Amani Nature Reserve. 29 Jun 04. 012.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Endemic to Philippines; introduced into Bangladesh, Cambodia, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Laos, Leeward Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Windward Is. (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 3 occurrences across 2 countries.

Distribution

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

Occurrences

No collection number

June 30, 2005

Location

United States, Illinois (Garfield Park Conservatory)

Location Remarks

300 N. Central Park, between 5th Ave. & Carroll Ave., Chicago

Collectors

No collectors specified

No collection number

June 30, 2005

Location

United States, Illinois

Location Remarks

Chicago Garfield Park Conservatory

Collectors

No collectors specified

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

retrofractum

Authorship

Vahl

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 7.5

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

0.6

Global rank

#82,018 of 335,497

Top 25%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →

Synonyms (1)

Piper officinarum (Miq.) C.DC.

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy