Piper hederaceum
| Giant pepper vine | |
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| In fruit at the Cairns Botanic Gardens, December 2022 | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Piperales |
| Family: | Piperaceae |
| Genus: | Piper |
| Species: | P. hederaceum
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| Binomial name | |
| Piper hederaceum | |
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Piper hederaceum, commonly known as the giant pepper vine, is a species of plants in the pepper family Piperaceae. It is a twining climber with a stem diameter up to 15 cm (5.9 in) which is endemic to eastern Australia, found from Lockhart River, Queensland, to Bermagui, New South Wales. It inhabits tropical, subtropical and temperate rainforest at altitudes from sea level to about 1,200 m (3,900 ft).[4][5][6]
Taxonomy
[edit]This species was first described as Cubeba hederacea in 1845 by Dutch botanist Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel, who published his description in The London Journal of Botany.[7] It was subsequently transferred to Piper hederaceum in 1869 by the Swiss botanist Anne Casimir Pyramus de Candolle, writing in the book Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis.[8]
Infraspecies
[edit]Two varieties are recognised:[3]
Conservation
[edit]This species is listed as least concern under the Queensland Government's Nature Conservation Act.[1] As of January 2025[update], it has not been assessed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
Gallery
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References
[edit]- ^ a b "Species profile—Piper hederaceum". Queensland Department of Environment and Science. Queensland Government. 2022. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
- ^ "Piper hederaceum". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI). Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
- ^ a b c "Piper hederaceum (Miq.) C.DC". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
- ^ Spokes, T.M. (2022). "Piper hederaceum". Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water: Canberra. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
- ^ a b F.A.Zich; B.P.M.Hyland; T.Whiffen; R.A.Kerrigan (2020). "Piper hederaceum var. hederaceum". Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants Edition 8 (RFK8). Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR), Australian Government. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
- ^ a b F.A.Zich; B.P.M.Hyland; T.Whiffen; R.A.Kerrigan (2020). "Piper hederaceum var. longiorispicum". Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants Edition 8 (RFK8). Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR), Australian Government. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
- ^ Miquel, F.A.G. (1845). "Animadversiones in Piperaceas". The London Journal of Botany. 4: 435. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
- ^ "Piper hederaceum". International Plant Names Index (IPNI). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2021. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
External links
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- View a map of historical sightings of this species at the Australasian Virtual Herbarium
- View observations of this species on iNaturalist
- View images of this species on Flickriver