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BISH 585899Botany

Piper

pepper plants

As recorded: Piper L.

Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Piperales › Piperaceae

Collected by: Waas, S.
Collector number: 1405
Date: July 5, 1975
Locality: Handapan Ella, Ratnapura District, Sabaragamuwa Province
Island: Sri Lanka
Region: Sri Lanka
Elevation: 366 m
Record type: Preserved specimen

174 Bishop specimens of Piper · collected 1894–2015Species page ›

Piper observed alive

This specimen was collected in 1975. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 38,250 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-29.

Piper observed 2026-10-29

2026-10-29

Pukeatua, New Zealand

(c) Tarsh Turner, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

Piper observed 2026-10-28

2026-10-28

East District, Chiayi City, TW

(c) 黎源哲, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

Piper observed 2026-10-28

2026-10-28

Opp Blk 59, Singapore

(c) Claire O'Neill, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

Piper observed 2026-10-28

2026-10-28

The Gardens, Auckland, New Zealand

(c) Rob Jolly, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

Piper observed 2026-10-28

2026-10-28

North Island, Auckland, Auckland, NZ

(c) Frazer Dale Biodiversity Guy, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

Piper observed 2026-10-27

2026-10-27

Santuario Las Moyas

(c) Samuel Serna Wills, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.

Cite this specimen

Piper. BISH 585899. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956156475. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/585899.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 5956156475 ↗
Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
Last harvested October 26, 2026