Accession Data

Piper cenocladum

Common Name: Ant Piper

Family: Piperaceae

Country of Origin: Costa Rica and surrounding countries

Description: This ant piper has hollow petioles which provide a home for ants, especially of the species Pheidole bicornis.

Accession Data

Accession #: 200800003

Accession Date: 2008-01-28 00:00:00

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 1303

Quantity: 2

Provenance: older accession, mislabeled, no accession number. Identity confirmed by Felix Coe, 25JAN08. New accession number assigned. 28JAN08

Classification

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Magnoliopsida

Subclass: magnoliids

Order: Piperales

Family: Piperaceae

SubFamily: Piperoideae

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013

References

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Tuesday, February 07, 2017.
  2. Piper cenocladum at Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Last accessed on Tuesday, February 07, 2017.
  3. Risch, Stephen, et al. "Mutualism between Three Species of Tropical Piper (Piperaceae) and Their Ant Inhabitants.” The American Midland Naturalist, vol. 98, no. 2, 1977, pp. 433–444. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/2424991. Last accessed on Wednesday, July 19, 2017.
  4. Ants Live in Pepper Plant Restaurants at Morning Earth. Last accessed on Wednesday, July 19, 2017.
  5. Image #00 (cropped) and #01 (original) by J. Longino at Morning Earth. Last accessed on Wednesday, July 19, 2017.

Images

Piper cenocladum
Piper cenocladum