Piper hispidumSw.

Jamaican pepper

WFO wfo-0000478980 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Piper hispidum, photographed by Erick Vélez Sánchez
fig. a Erick Vélez Sánchez, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-10-13 / obs. 179003484
Piper hispidum, photographed by Alexis López Hernández
fig. b Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 20907653
Piper hispidum, photographed by Alexis López Hernández
fig. c Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 20845898
Piper hispidum, photographed by Viacheslav Shalisko
fig. d Viacheslav Shalisko, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 17510744
Piper hispidum, photographed by Alexis López Hernández
fig. e Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 6291803
Piper hispidum, photographed by Thalia M. Mite
fig. f Thalia M. Mite, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 200501588
Piper hispidum, photographed by Muhammad Malik Ali
fig. g Muhammad Malik Ali, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 135934373
Piper hispidum, photographed by ritirene
fig. h ritirene, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 150137533

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Native range 27 botanical countries

Regions where Piper hispidum is native: Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest, Argentina Northeast, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Windward Is. Mexico CentralMexico GulfMexico NortheastMexico NorthwestMexico SouthwestArgentina NortheastBrazil NorthBrazil NortheastBrazil SouthBrazil SoutheastBrazil West-CentralColombiaCubaDominican RepublicEcuadorFrench GuianaGuyanaHaitiJamaicaParaguayPeruPuerto RicoSurinameTrinidad-TobagoVenezuela Leeward Is.Windward Is.
Native distribution of Piper hispidum, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Argentina Northeast AGE SOUTHERN AMERICA
Brazil North BZN
Brazil Northeast BZE
Brazil South BZS
Brazil Southeast BZL
Brazil West-Central BZC
Colombia CLM
Cuba CUB
Dominican Republic DOM
Ecuador ECU
French Guiana FRG
Guyana GUY
Haiti HAI
Jamaica JAM
Leeward Is. LEE
Paraguay PAR
Peru PER
Puerto Rico PUE
Suriname SUR
Trinidad-Tobago TRT
Venezuela VEN
Windward Is. WIN
Mexico Central MXC NORTHERN AMERICA
Mexico Gulf MXG
Mexico Northeast MXE
Mexico Northwest MXN
Mexico Southwest MXS

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 79 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Artanthe aspera Miq.
  • Artanthe asperifolia Miq.
  • Artanthe asperifolia f. surinamensis Miq.
  • Artanthe controversa Miq.
  • Artanthe hirsuta Miq.
  • Artanthe hispida (Sw.) Miq.
  • Artanthe kunthiana (Steud.) Miq.
  • Artanthe obesa Miq.
  • Artanthe olfersiana (Kunth) Klotzsch
  • Artanthe opizii (Kunth) Miq.
  • Artanthe scabra (Kunth) Miq.
  • Artanthe scabra var. hirsuta (Sw.) Griseb.
  • Lindeniopiper williamsii Trel.
  • Piper aegrum Trel.
  • Piper alluvicola C.DC.
  • Piper amnigaudens Trel.
  • Piper angremondii C.DC.
  • Piper articulosum D.Parodi
  • Piper articulosum Trel.
  • Piper asperifolium Rich.
  • Piper asperrimicaule Trel.
  • Piper asperum Pers.
  • Piper bayamonanum Trel.
  • Piper canescenticaule Trel.

and 55 more.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice and no toxicity claim, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.