PLANTS Profile for Piper hispidum (Jamaican pepper)

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PLANTS Profile

Piper hispidum Sw.
Jamaican pepper

Symbol:

PIHI2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Piperaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Shrub

More Information:

Images:
Piper hispidum Sw.

Synonyms:
Piper hispidum Sw.

PISC

Piper scabrum Sw., non Lam.

Distribution:
Piper hispidum Sw.


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Related Taxa:
Piper hispidum Sw.

View 3 genera in Piperaceae, 26 species in Piper

Classification:
Piper hispidum Sw.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Magnoliidae
Order	Piperales
Family	Piperaceae – Pepper family
Genus	Piper L. – pepper
Species	Piper hispidum Sw. – Jamaican pepper

More Accounts and Images:
Piper hispidum Sw.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 18307.

Time Generated: 05/22/2013 03:14 AM CDT