Two new species of Piper are described and illustrated. Piper sotobosquense and P. calvarii, currently considered endemic to Venezuela, are found only on the slopes and montane forests of Guaramacal National Park, Portuguesa and Trujillo states, Venezuela. Taxonomic relationships also are discussed and comments on distribution and ecology are presented.
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30 June 2018
Dos Nuevas Especies de Piper (Piperaceae) de Los Andes de Venezuela
Santos M. Niño,
Laurence J. Dorr
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Harvard Papers in Botany
Vol. 23 • No. 1
June 2018
Vol. 23 • No. 1
June 2018
Andes
Guaramacal National Park
Parque Nacional Guaramacal
Piper
Venezuela