Day: January 3, 2024

#825 They called me Piper aequale, also known as Piper aequale var. dussii, Piper johnstonii, Piper donnell-smithii, and Piper funckii. I pay homage to the male botanists Duss (I couldn’t find his records), Donnell-smith (I couldn’t find his records), Funck (I couldn’t find his records), and Henry Halcro Johnston, Henry “Harry” Hamilton Johnston, Ivan Murray Johnston, or Marshall Conring Johnston. They first catalogued me in 1797.

Native to Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, and Windward Is..