Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Piper aduncum L.

matico, hierba del soldado, achotlín, spiked pepper, bamboo piper, jointwood

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Plantae

Phylum
Magnoliophyta

Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)

Order
Piperales

Family
Piperaceae

Genus
Piper

Species
aduncum

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Artanthe adunca (L.) Miq.

Origin: Introduced - established

Introduction

Year of first record: 2002

Mode of introduction: Intentional

Introduction Pathway: Intentional

Subpathway: Agriculture/Horticulture

Introduced status: Naturalized

Invasive status: Invasive

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

References

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  • Hokche, O. Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (2008) Nuev. Cat. Fl. Vas. Venezuela 1–860.
  • Stevens, W.D. Ulloa, C., Pool, A., & Montiel, O.M. (2001) Flora de Nicaragua. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 85: i–xlii, 1–2666.
  • D'Arcy, W.G. (1987) Flora of Panama. Checklist and Index. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 17(1): i–xxx, 1–328; 18(2): i–ix, 1–672.
  • Trelease, W. Yuncker, T.G. (1950) Piperaceae. N. South Amer. 1–838.
  • Yuncker, T.G. (1953) The Piperaceae of Argentina, Bolivia and Chile. Lilloa 27: 97–303.
  • Tebbs, M.C. (1993) Revision of Piper (Piperaceae) in the New World 3. The taxonomy of Piper sections Lepianthes and Radula. Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. Lond. (Bot.) 23(1): 1–50.
  • Callejas, R. (2001) Piperaceae. In: Stevens, W.D., C. Ulloa, A. Pool & O.M. Montiel (eds.), Flora de Nicaragua. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 85(3): 1928–1984.
  • Guézou, A. Trueman, M., Buddenhagen, E., Chamorro, S., Guerrero, A.M., Pozo, P., Atkinson, R. (2010) An extensive Alien Plan Inventory from the Inhabited Areas of Galapagos Plos One/ www.plosone.org. Volume 5/ Issue 4/e10276

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"Galapagos Species Database, Piper aduncum", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=1734. Accessed 16 July 2025.