Friday, September 11, 2020

[Botany • 2020] A Synopsis of Thai Piper (Piperaceae)


Piper of Thailand 

in Suwanphakdee, Simpson, Hodkinson & Chantaranothai, 2020.
(photos by C. Suwanphakdee). 

ABSTRACT
All native and introduced Thai Piper are enumerated to include 46 species and two varieties. Typifications for accepted names and synonyms are made where necessary. Family and generic descriptions, based on Thai collections, are provided. A key to species and varieties and relevant synonymy are also presented. Additional morphological characters for P. smitinandianum are summarised. Data on the distribution, ecology, vernacular names, utilization and collections of each taxon in Thailand are presented in the standard Flora of Thailand format.

Keywords: Distribution, Flora of Thailand, key to species, tropical plant, taxonomy

Figure 1. A. Piper arcuatum Blume; B. P. argyrites Ridl. ex C.DC.; C. P. baccatum Blume; D. P. betle L.;
E. P. boehmeriifolium (Miq.) C.DC. var. boehmeriifolium; F. P. durionoides Suwanph. & Chantar.; G. P. griffithii C.DC.; H. P. kongkandanum Suwanph. & Chantar.
(photos by Suwanphakdee).

Figure 2. A. Piper kurzii Ridl.; B. P. laetispicum C.DC.; C. P. lanatum  Roxb.; D. P. leptostachyum Wall. ex Miq.;
E. P. lonchites Roem. & Schult.; F. P. peepuloides Roxb.; G. P. rostratum Roxb.; H. P. smitinandianum Suwanph. & Chantar.
(photos by Suwanphakdee).


Chalermpol Suwanphakdee, David A. Simpson, Trevor R. Hodkinson and Pranom Chantaranothai. 2020.   A Synopsis of Thai Piper (Piperaceae). Thai Forest Bulletin (Botany). 48(2), 145-183. DOI: 10.20531/tfb.2020.48.2.08