Scientific name	Authority	First published in
Ottonia plantaginea	(Lam.) Endl.	Cat. Hort. Vindob. 1: 225 (1842)
Piper cojimaranum	Trel.	Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 23: 6 (1926)
Piper diguetii	C.DC.	Notul. Syst. (Paris) 3: 43 (1914)
Piper gracillimum	Trel. in Standl.	Publ. Field Columb. Mus., Bot. Ser. 10: 159 (1931)
Piper hispaniolae	Trel.	Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 23: 309 (1927)
Piper henshenii	C.DC.	Linnaea 37: 336 (1872)
Piper ambiguum	Salisb.	Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton : 11 (1796)
Piper richardianum	C.DC.	Prodr. 16(1): 249 (1869)
Piper realgoanum	C.DC.	Linnaea 37: 335 (1872)
Piper plantagineum	Lam.	Tabl. Encycl. 1: 80 (1791)
Piper pseudoamalago	C.DC.	Linnaea 37: 353 (1872)
Piper syringifolium	Balb. ex Kunth	Linnaea 13(6): 599. 1840 [Mar-Jun 1840]
Piper saururoides	Ham.	Prodr. Pl. Ind. Occid. : 3 (1825)
Piper sieberi	C.DC.	Prodr. 16(1): 248 (1869)
Piper macintoshii	Trel. & Stehlé	Candollea 10: 286 (1946)
Piper medium	Jacq.	Icon. Pl. Rar. 1: 2, t. 8 (1781)
Piper wulfschlaegelii	C.DC.	Prodr. 16(1): 249 (1869)
Piper tigerianum	C.DC.	J. Bot. 4: 300 (1866)
Piper villosulum	C.DC.	Linnaea 37: 352 (1872)
Piper calvescens var. potrerillosense	Trel.	Publ. Field Columb. Mus., Bot. Ser. 17: 343 (1938)
Piper calvescens var. pedunculatum	Trel.	Publ. Field Columb. Mus., Bot. Ser. 17: 342 (1938)
Piper calvescens var. cangrejalense	Trel.	Publ. Field Columb. Mus., Bot. Ser. 9: 278 (1940)
Piper calvescens var. aguanum	Trel.	Publ. Field Columb. Mus., Bot. Ser. 9: 278 (1940)
Piper cobanense var. sarculatum	Trel.	Publ. Field Columb. Mus., Bot. Ser. 10: 159 (1931)
Piper gracillimum var. dactoense	Trel.	Publ. Field Columb. Mus., Bot. Ser. 9: 279 (1940)
Piper deamii var. yojoanum	Trel.	Publ. Field Columb. Mus., Bot. Ser. 17: 344 (1938)
Piper amalago var. medium	(Jacq.) Yunck.	Brittonia 14: 189 (1962)
Piper siguatepequense var. subrhombifolium	Trel.	Publ. Field Columb. Mus., Bot. Ser. 17: 354 (1938)
Artanthe plantaginea	Miq.	Syst. Piperac. : 389 (1844)
Artanthe saururoides	Miq.	Syst. Piperac. : 414 (1844)
Chavica syringifolia	Miq.	Syst. Piperac. : 275 (1843)
Enckea amalago	Griseb.	Cat. Pl. Cub. [Grisebach] 64. 1866 [May-Aug 1866]
Enckea amalago var. hirtella	Griseb.	Fl. Brit. W. I. : 169 (1859)
Enckea decrescens	Miq.	London J. Bot. 4: 440 (1845)
Enckea plantaginea	Kunth	Linnaea 13: 599 (1840)
Enckea sieberi	Miq.	Syst. Piperac. : 358 (1844)
Enckea sieberi	Griseb.	Fl. Brit. W.I. [Grisebach] 170. 1859 [Jun 1859]
Enckea vernicea	Miq.	Syst. Piperac. : 359 (1844)
Piper amalago f. ceanothifolium	(Kunth) Steyerm.	Fl. Venez. 2(2): 322. 1984
Piper henshenii var. barretoi	Trel. in Standl.	Publ. Field Columb. Mus., Bot. Ser. 22: 10 (1940)
Piper medium var. laxiflorum	C.DC.	Prodr. 16(1): 247 (1869)
Piper medium var. leonardii	Trel.	Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 23: 305 (1927)
Piper richardianum var. glabrifolium	C.DC.	Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 15: 3 (1917)
Piper richardianum var. latilimbum	C.DC.	Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 15: 3 (1917)

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English	higuillo de limon
English	taxon
Spanish	cordoncillo
Chinese	糙葉胡椒
Chinese	糙叶胡椒

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Name	Authority	First published in
Piper amalago var. nigrinodum	(C.DC.) Yunck.	Bull. Inst. Jamaica, Sci. Ser. 11: 9 (1960)
Piper amalago var. variifolia	Fawc. & Rendle	Fl. Jamaica 3: 21 (1914)
Piper amalago var. amalago		Unknown

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  - Mexico Central
  - Mexico Gulf
  - Mexico Northeast
  - Mexico Southeast
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- Brazil
  - Brazil North
  - Brazil Northeast
  - Brazil South
  - Brazil Southeast
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- Caribbean
  - Cayman Islands
  - Cuba
  - Dominican Republic
  - Haiti
  - Jamaica
  - Leeward Islands
  - Puerto Rico
  - Trinidad-Tobago
  - Windward Islands
- Northern South America
  - French Guiana
  - Guyana
  - Suriname
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Database	ID/link to page
World Flora Online	wfo-0000479786
USDA Plants	PIAM2
Tropicos	25001130
INPN	447690
KEW	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:680359-1
The Plant List	kew-2559492
Open Tree Of Life	383256
NCBI Taxonomy	130378
IUCN Red List	62801
IPNI	680359-1
iNaturalist	278326
GBIF	3086333
EPPO	PIPAM
EOL	596618
USDA GRIN	450003

Genomes (via NCBI) Top

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Scientific Literature Top

Below are displayed the latest 15 articles published in PMC (PubMed Central®) and other sources (DOI number only)!
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The Cardiorenal Effects of Piper amalago Are Mediated by the Nitric Oxide/Cyclic Guanosine Monophosphate Pathway and the Voltage-Dependent Potassium Channels

Monteiro LM, Klider LM, Marques AA, Farago PV, Emiliano J, Souza RI, dos Santos AC, dos Santos VL, Wang M, Cassemiro NS, Silva DB, Khan IA, Gasparotto Junior A, Manfron J

Pharmaceuticals (Basel)

20-Nov-2023

PMCID:	PMC10675251
doi:	10.3390/ph16111630
PMID:	38004495

A review on biology and possible management strategies of tomato leaf miner, Tuta absoluta (Meyrick), Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae in Nepal

Pandey M, Bhattarai N, Pandey P, Chaudhary P, Katuwal DR, Khanal D

Heliyon

21-May-2023

PMCID:	PMC10248037
doi:	10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e16474
PMID:	37303528

Essential Oils of Aromatic Plant Species from the Atlantic Rainforest Exhibit Extensive Chemical Diversity and Antimicrobial Activity

Perigo CV, Haber LL, Facanali R, Vieira MA, Torres RB, Bernacci LC, Guimarães EF, Baitello JB, Sobral ME, Quecini V, Marques MO

Antibiotics (Basel)

19-Dec-2022

PMCID:	PMC9774909
doi:	10.3390/antibiotics11121844
PMID:	36551501

A Review of Bioactive Compounds and Antioxidant Activity Properties of Piper Species

Carsono N, Tumilaar SG, Kurnia D, Latipudin D, Satari MH

Molecules

10-Oct-2022

PMCID:	PMC9573611
doi:	10.3390/molecules27196774
PMID:	36235309

The structure of tropical bat–plant interaction networks during an extreme El Niño‐Southern Oscillation event

Oliveira HF, Pinheiro RB, Varassin IG, Rodríguez‐Herrera B, Kuzmina M, Rossiter SJ, Clare EL

Mol Ecol

15-Feb-2022

PMCID:	PMC9305221
doi:	10.1111/mec.16363
PMID:	35064726

Annual precipitation predicts the phylogenetic signal in bat–fruit interaction networks across the Neotropics

Corro EJ, Villalobos F, Lira-Noriega A, Guevara R, Guimarães PR Jr, Dáttilo W

Biol Lett

01-Dec-2021

PMCID:	PMC8633800
doi:	10.1098/rsbl.2021.0478
PMID:	34847787

Acaricidal and Repellent Effects of Essential Oils against Ticks: A Review

Selles SM, Kouidri M, González MG, González J, Sánchez M, González-Coloma A, Sanchis J, Elhachimi L, Olmeda AS, Tercero JM, Valcárcel F

Pathogens

26-Oct-2021

PMCID:	PMC8617816
doi:	10.3390/pathogens10111379
PMID:	34832535

Anti-trypanosomal screening of Salvadoran flora

Castillo UG, Komatsu A, Martínez ML, Menjívar J, Núñez MJ, Uekusa Y, Narukawa Y, Kiuchi F, Nakajima-Shimada J

J Nat Med

16-Sep-2021

PMCID:	PMC8732892
doi:	10.1007/s11418-021-01562-6
PMID:	34529189

Larvicidal Activity of Essential Oils From Piper Species Against Strains of Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) Resistant to Pyrethroids

Pereira Filho AA, Pessoa GC, Yamaguchi LF, Stanton MA, Serravite AM, Pereira RH, Neves WS, Kato MJ

Front Plant Sci

04-Jun-2021

PMCID:	PMC8213341
doi:	10.3389/fpls.2021.685864
PMID:	34149785

Ontogenetic Changes in the Chemical Profiles of Piper Species

Gaia AM, Yamaguchi LF, Guerrero-Perilla C, Kato MJ

Plants (Basel)

28-May-2021

PMCID:	PMC8227164
doi:	10.3390/plants10061085
PMID:	34071315

The Widened Pipe Model of plant hydraulic evolution

Koçillari L, Olson ME, Suweis S, Rocha RP, Lovison A, Cardin F, Dawson TE, Echeverría A, Fajardo A, Lechthaler S, Martínez-Pérez C, Marcati CR, Chung KF, Rosell JA, Segovia-Rivas A, Williams CB, Petrone-Mendoza E, Rinaldo A, Anfodillo T, Banavar JR, Maritan A

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A

26-May-2021

PMCID:	PMC8179198
doi:	10.1073/pnas.2100314118
PMID:	34039710

Description of three new species of Geometridae (Lepidoptera) using species delimitation in an integrative taxonomy approach for a cryptic species complex

Moraes SS, Montebello Y, Stanton MA, Yamaguchi LF, Kato MJ, Freitas AV

PeerJ

18-May-2021

PMCID:	PMC8139274
doi:	10.7717/peerj.11304
PMID:	34046252

Prototyping a Knowledge-Based System to Identify Botanical Extracts for Plant Health in Sub-Saharan Africa

Silvie PJ, Martin P, Huchard M, Keip P, Gutierrez A, Sarter S

Plants (Basel)

29-Apr-2021

PMCID:	PMC8146496
doi:	10.3390/plants10050896
PMID:	33946682

Antiviral Activity of Jamaican Medicinal Plants and Isolated Bioactive Compounds

Lowe H, Steele B, Bryant J, Fouad E, Toyang N, Ngwa W

Molecules

25-Jan-2021

PMCID:	PMC7865499
doi:	10.3390/molecules26030607
PMID:	33503834

Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) on the “Offensive” in Africa: Prospects for Integrated Management Initiatives

Tarusikirwa VL, Machekano H, Mutamiswa R, Chidawanyika F, Nyamukondiwa C

Insects

06-Nov-2020

PMCID:	PMC7694550
doi:	10.3390/insects11110764
PMID:	33171892

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Name	PubChem ID	Canonical SMILES	MW	Found in	Proof
> Benzenoids / Benzene and substituted derivatives / Styrenes
N-(3-phenylprop-2-enyl)pentan-1-amine	4716696	Click to see	203.32	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2007-969054
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Sesquiterpenoids
Ishwarol	42608203	Click to see CC1CCC(C23C1(CC4C(C2)C4(C3)C)C)O	220.35	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2007-969793
> Organic Polymers / Polypeptides
Anafp	139583672	Click to see CC(C)CC(C(=O)NC(CO)C(=O)NC(CCCCN)C(=O)NC(CC1=CC=C(C=C1)O)C(=O)NCC(=O)NCC(=O)NC(CCC(=O)O)C(=O)NC(CS)C(=O)NC(CO)C(=O)NC(CC(C)C)C(=O)NC(CCC(=O)O)C(=O)NC(CC2=CNC=N2)C(=O)NC(CC(=O)N)C(=O)NC(C(C)O)C(=O)NC(CS)C(=O)NC(C(C)O)C(=O)NC(CC3=CC=C(C=C3)O)C(=O)NC(CCCNC(=N)N)C(=O)NC(CCCCN)C(=O)NC(CC(=O)O)C(=O)N)N	2303.50	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2007-969054
> Organic acids and derivatives / Peptidomimetics / Depsipeptides / Cyclic depsipeptides
cyclo[DL-N(Me)Ala-bAla-DL-OGly(allyl)-DL-N(Me)Ala-DL-xiIle-DL-N(Me)Val]	163065621	Click to see CCC(C)C1C(=O)N(C(C(=O)N(C(C(=O)NCCC(=O)OC(C(=O)N(C(C(=O)N1)C)C)CC=C)C)C)C(C)C)C	565.70	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)94536-9
> Organoheterocyclic compounds / Benzodioxoles
3-(6-Methoxy-1,3-benzodioxol-5-yl)-1-piperidin-1-ylprop-2-en-1-one	73832293	Click to see	289.33	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)94536-9
3-(6-Methoxy-1,3-benzodioxol-5-yl)-1-pyrrolidin-1-ylprop-2-en-1-one	162908861	Click to see	275.30	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)94536-9
Fagaramide	5281772	Click to see	247.29	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2007-969054
Piperlonguminine	5320621	Click to see CC(C)CNC(=O)C=CC=CC1=CC2=C(C=C1)OCO2	273.33	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2007-969054
Piperyline	636537	Click to see C1CCN(C1)C(=O)C=CC=CC2=CC3=C(C=C2)OCO3	271.31	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2007-969054
> Organoheterocyclic compounds / Pyrrolidines / N-acylpyrrolidines
1-(1-Pyrrolidinyl)-1-hexadecanone	247220	Click to see	309.50	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2007-969054
1-Pyrrolidin-1-ylhexadec-4-en-1-one	163192567	Click to see CCCCCCCCCCCC=CCCC(=O)N1CCCC1	307.50	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2007-969054
1-Pyrrolidin-1-ylicos-2-en-1-one	163192796	Click to see	363.60	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2007-969054
1-Pyrrolidin-1-yloctadec-2-en-1-one	162986913	Click to see	335.60	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2007-969054
Eicosanoic acid, pyrrolidide	85783950	Click to see CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC(=O)N1CCCC1	365.60	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2007-969054
N-octadec-9-enoylpyrrolidine	574882	Click to see	335.60	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2007-969054
Pyrrolidine, 1-stearoyl-	574659	Click to see	337.60	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2007-969054
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Cinnamic acids and derivatives
(e)-1-[3-(6-Methoxy-1,3-benzodioxol-5-yl)-1-oxo-2-propenyl]-piperidine	21763823	Click to see COC1=CC2=C(C=C1C=CC(=O)N3CCCCC3)OCO2	289.33	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)94536-9
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Cinnamic acids and derivatives / Cinnamic acid amides
N-(2-methylpropyl)-3-phenylprop-2-enamide	247993	Click to see	203.28	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2007-969054
N-(3-methylbutyl)-3-phenylprop-2-enamide	2905304	Click to see	217.31	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2007-969054
N-pentyl-3-phenylprop-2-enamide	347558	Click to see	217.31	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2007-969054
N-Pentylcinnamamide	5385502	Click to see	217.31	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2007-969054

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Piper amalago

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