Piper tuberculatumJacq.

WFO wfo-0000487491 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 7 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 7 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Piper tuberculatum, photographed by Eric Knight
fig. a Eric Knight, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-12-03 / obs. 171427239
Piper tuberculatum, photographed by Alexis López Hernández
fig. b Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 68101956
Piper tuberculatum, photographed by Alexis López Hernández
fig. c Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 67979090
Piper tuberculatum, photographed by Alexis López Hernández
fig. d Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 67382251
Piper tuberculatum, photographed by Alexis López Hernández
fig. e Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 68102008
Piper tuberculatum, photographed by Neptalí Ramírez Marcial
fig. f Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 6410507
Piper tuberculatum, photographed by Eduardo Chacón Madrigal
fig. g Eduardo Chacón Madrigal, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 173751963
Piper tuberculatum, photographed by Scott Loarie
fig. h Scott Loarie, CC0 1.0 / obs. 63188240

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Native range 28 botanical countries

Regions where Piper tuberculatum is native: Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela Mexico GulfMexico NortheastMexico SoutheastMexico SouthwestBelizeBoliviaBrazil NorthBrazil NortheastBrazil SouthBrazil SoutheastBrazil West-CentralColombiaCosta RicaDominican RepublicEcuadorEl SalvadorFrench GuianaGuatemalaGuyanaHaitiHondurasJamaicaNicaraguaPanamáPeruSurinameTrinidad-TobagoVenezuela
Native distribution of Piper tuberculatum, 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.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Belize BLZ SOUTHERN AMERICA
Bolivia BOL
Brazil North BZN
Brazil Northeast BZE
Brazil South BZS
Brazil Southeast BZL
Brazil West-Central BZC
Colombia CLM
Costa Rica COS
Dominican Republic DOM
Ecuador ECU
El Salvador ELS
French Guiana FRG
Guatemala GUA
Guyana GUY
Haiti HAI
Honduras HON
Jamaica JAM
Nicaragua NIC
Panamá PAN
Peru PER
Suriname SUR
Trinidad-Tobago TRT
Venezuela VEN
Mexico Gulf MXG NORTHERN AMERICA
Mexico Northeast MXE
Mexico Southeast MXT
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 23 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 beecheyana Miq.
  • Artanthe decurrens Miq.
  • Artanthe tuberculata (Jacq.) Miq.
  • Artanthe tuberculata var. brevispicata Miq.
  • Piper acutifolium Steud.
  • Piper arboreum subsp. tuberculatum (Jacq.) Tebbs
  • Piper cujabanum Manso ex Miq.
  • Piper ellipticum Hook. & Arn.
  • Piper geniculatum f. puberulum C.DC.
  • Piper linkii A.Dietr.
  • Piper nutans Opiz
  • Piper obliquum Balb. ex Kunth
  • Piper santo-domingense Trel.
  • Piper scabrum Willd. ex Kunth
  • Piper tuberculatum var. cangrejalense Trel.
  • Piper tuberculatum var. majus C.DC.
  • Piper tuberculatum var. minus C.DC.
  • Piper tuberculatum var. obtusifolium C.DC.
  • Piper tuberculatum var. rigidomembranaceum C.DC.
  • Piper tuberculatum var. scandens Trel. & Yunck.
  • Piper yurimaguasanum Trel.
  • Steffensia tuberculata (Jacq.) Kunth
  • Steffensia tuberculata var. glabrata Kunth

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. 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.

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