Piper sodiroi

Piper sodiroi is a species of plant in the family Piperaceae. It is endemic to Ecuador.

Piper sodiroi
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
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]
Piper sodiroi var. fuscum Sodiro in Anales Univ. Centr. Ecuador 13: 676 (1898) Piper sodiroi var. incanum Sodiro in Anales Univ. Centr. Ecuador 13: 676 (1898)

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]

References

1. Santiana, J.; Pitman, N. (2004). "Piper sodiroi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T45863A11015653. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T45863A11015653.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
2. "Piper sodiroi C.DC. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
3. Nursery, Lovato; Alejandro, David (2018). "Padre Luis Sodiro S. J .: Importance of his contribution to the knowledge of botany in Ecuador and its predecessors" (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 October 2023.