Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Piperales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Magnoliids
Ordo: Piperales

Familia: Piperaceae
Subfamilia: Piperoideae
Genus: Piper
Species: Piper pilobracteatum

Name

Piper pilobracteatum Chaveer. & Sudmoon is a synonym of Piper caninum Blume

Note: Comparison of holotype material of Piper pilobracteatum and materials of P. caninum shows that P. pilobracteatum is conspecific with P. caninum (Suwanphakdee and Chantaranothai, 2008). P. pilobracteatum Chaveer. & Sudmoon is therefore a synonym of P. caninum Blume. According to ICBN rule, P. pilobracteatum Chaveer. & Sudmoon named by Chaveerach et al. (2006) should be abandoned name and P. caninum Blume is a valid name.

'Distribution: Piper caninum is distributed in India, Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand (Suwanphakdee et al., 2006). Also, this species is a native pepper in Australia (Spokes, 2007).

References

  • Chaveerach, A., Sudmoon, R., Tanee, T. and Mokkamul, P. 2006. Three new species of Piperaceae from Thailand. Acta Phytotaxonomica Sinica 44(4): 447–453.
  • Suwanphakdee, C. and Chantaranothai, P. 2008. A further note on the genus Piper L. (Piperaceae) from Thailand. Natural History Journal of Chulalongkorn University 8(2): 205–209.

  • Suwanphakdee, C., Masuthon, S., Chantaranothai, P., Chayamarit, K. and Chansuvanich, N. 2006. Notes on the genus Piper L. (Piperaceae) in Thailand. Thai Forest Bulletin (Botany) 34: 206–214.
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