Piper sodiroi
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| Piper sodiroi | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Piperales |
| Family: | Piperaceae |
| Genus: | Piper |
| Species: | P. sodiroi |
| Binomial name | |
| Piper sodiroi C. DC. | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Piper sodiroi var. fuscum Sodiro in Anales Univ. Centr. Ecuador 13: 676 (1898) | |
Piper sodiroi is a species of plant in the family Piperaceae. It is endemic to Ecuador.
The specific epithet of sodiroi refers to Luis Sodiro (1836–1909), who was an Italian Jesuit priest and a field botanist,who collected many plants in Ecuador.[3]
It was first published by Swiss botanist Casimir de Candolle in Bull. Herb. Boissier vol.6 on page 482 in 1898.[2]
