Piperaceae

Piper sp.

Bac Kan Province, Ba Be District, Cao Thuong Community, Ba Be National Park. Primary and old secondary evergreen broad-leaved forest on very steep rocky slopes composed by white crystalline marble-like highly eroded limestone around point 22º27’20’’N 105º36’06’E at elevation of about 750 m a.s.l. Erect terrestrial and lithophytic herb or undershrub to 1.5 tall in shady place on very steep rocky slope. Inflorescences white. Common.

23 April 2024, Nguyen Huu Cuong, Chu Ngoc Quan, L. Averyanov, T. Maisak, AL2851.