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Piper
pepper plants
As recorded: Piper L.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Piperales › Piperaceae
- Collected by
- Kostermans, A.
- Collector number
- 27468
- Date
- March 29, 1979
- Locality
- Sinharaja forest; Weddegalle entrance
- Island
- Sri Lanka
- Region
- Sri Lanka
- Elevation
- 200 m
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On March 29, 1979, Kostermans, A. also collected 1 other specimen.
Piper observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1979. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 38,251 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-29.
2026-10-29
Puriri Bay Rd, Great Barrier Island, Auckland, NZ
(c) nz-flora, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-29
Pukeatua, New Zealand
(c) Tarsh Turner, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-28
East District, Chiayi City, TW
(c) 黎源哲, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-28
Opp Blk 59, Singapore
(c) Claire O'Neill, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-28
The Gardens, Auckland, New Zealand
(c) Rob Jolly, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-28
North Island, Auckland, Auckland, NZ
(c) Frazer Dale Biodiversity Guy, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Piper. BISH 442570. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956680145. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/442570.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956680145 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026