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Type: Correspondence
Published: 2016-07-04
Page range: 157–158
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Validation of the names Piper sugandhi and Piper sugandhi var. brevipilis (Piperaceae)

Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro. Rua Pacheco Leão, 915, Horto, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. CEP: 22460-030
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Botânica, Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Av. Transnordestina s.n., CEP: 44036-900, Feira de Santana, Bahia, Brazil
Programa de Pós-graduação em Botânica, Escola Nacional de Botânica Tropical, Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro. Rua Pacheco Leão, 2040, Solar da Imperatriz, Horto, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. CEP: 22460-030
Piper sugandhi sugandhi var. brevipilis Piperaceae Magnoliids

Abstract

Piper Linnaeus (1753:28) is a Pantropical genus that comprises about 2000 species (Quijano-Abril et al. 2006). This genus is economically important because is widely used as spice, as P. nigrum Linnaeus (1753:28) (black pepper) and as a medicinal plant across the world. Babu et al. (1993) described a new species and a variety to the genus from Southern India: Piper sugandhi Ravindran, Babu & Naik (1993:27) and P. sugandhi var. brevipilis Ravindran, Babu & Naik (1993:27). The authors provided diagnosis for the new species and variety, and compared it with the related taxa. However, they have indicated two gatherings as holotypes (a male and a female specimen) and according to Arts. 8.1 and 40.1 of the ICN these two names are not validly published (McNeill et al. 2012).