Piper cenocladum C. DC.

• Common Name:
• Family: Piperaceae Agardh.

• Country of Origin: Costa Rica and surrounding countries
• Habitat: wet forests in Atlantic lowlands

• Description: This ant piper has hollow petioles which provide a home for ants, especially of the species Pheidole bicornis.

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Accession Data:

• Accession # 200800003
• Source:
• Provenance: older accession, mislabeled, no accession number. Identity confirmed by Felix Coe, 25JAN08. New accession number assigned. 28JAN08
• Accession Date: 01-28-2008
• Bench: 1323 - NEO:Amazonia A
• Qty: 1 confirmed on 01-15-2013

Classification:

• Division: Magnoliophyta
• Class: Magnoliopsida
• SubClass: magnoliids
• Order: Piperales
• SubOrder:
• Family: Piperaceae
• SubFamily: Piperoideae
• Tribe:
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