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Type: Article
Published: 2019-06-27
Page range: 59–68
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An emended description of Piper cochleatum and a new species of Piper (Piperaceae) from the Amazonian slopes of the Colombian Andes

Fundación Reserva Natural La Palmita, Centro de Investigación, Grupo de investigaciones territoriales para el uso y conservación de la biodiversidad, carrera 4 No 58 – 59, Bogotá, Colombia.
Grupo DIVERSITAS, Facultad de Ciencias Básicas y Aplicadas, Universidad Militar Nueva Granada, km 2 Via Cajicá-Zipaquirá, Cajicá, Colombia
Caquetá Cordillera Oriental Colombia Macrostachys clade Magnoliids

Abstract

Piper cochleatum is restored as a distinct species from Piper obtusilimbum, provided with an emended description, and an epitype is designated. The taxon Piper lineatipilosum is also newly synonymized under P. cochleatum. In addition, a new species, Piper caranoense is described from the Andean premontane forests on the Amazonian (eastern) slopes in Colombia. Piper caranoense can be distinguished from Piper cordulatum based on its sarmentose habit and pinnately nerved leaves in the lower third vs. shrubs or small trees with pinnately nerved leaves throughout. An illustration of each species is presented and the morphological differences with similar species are discussed in detail.