Taxon:
Piper umbellatum L.
Summary
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:30. 1753
Verified:
09/27/1994
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45
- Callejas, R. 1998. pers. comm. Note: re. Spanish common names
- Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. 1980-. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon. Note: = Lepianthes umbellata (L.) Raf.
- Howard, R. 1974-1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles. Note: = Lepianthes peltata (L.) Raf.
- Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
- Personal Care Products Council. INCI URL: http://www.personalcarecouncil.org/public/what-inci
- Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource). URL: http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
- Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. 1952. Flora of Guatemala. 24(part 3):331.
- Tebbs, M. C. 1993. Revision of Piper (Piperaceae) in the New World. 3. The taxonomy of Piper sections Lepianthes and Radula. Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. London, Bot. 23:3.
- Uphof, J. C. T. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2. Note: = Heckeria umbellata
- Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). URL: http://www.efloras.org/browse.aspx?flora_id=2
Common names
Spanish
cordoncillo – Transcribed Chinese
da hu jiao –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Northern America | | Mexico | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Ceará | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Minas Gerais | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | São Paulo | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Antigua and Barbuda | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Barbados | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Dominica | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Grenada | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Jamaica | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Montserrat | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Guatemala | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Venezuela | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Bolivia | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Colombia | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | | |
4 | Naturalized | | | | | natzd. in paleotropics |
Native
Northern America
Southern America
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CARIBBEAN:
Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Jamaica, Montserrat
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CENTRAL AMERICA:
Guatemala
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NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Venezuela
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BRAZIL:
Brazil [Ceará, Minas Gerais, São Paulo]
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WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
Naturalized
(natzd. in paleotropics)
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Food additives | flavoring | fide R. Callejas, pers. comm. 1996; Food Feed Crops US | Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2 |
Medicines | folklore | as Heckeria umbellata | Uphof, J. C. T. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2. Note: = Heckeria umbellata |