Description
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Piperaceae is a families plant which have habitus herb, woody climber and creeping and shrubs. In the World, these families have a member about 8 genera and 3000 species. The information about diversity and distribution of Piperaceae in Indonesia is still very limited. In Java, there were reportedly four genera and 27 species. Connecting with the member of Piperaceae, the activities of exploration in protected forest area of “BKPH Gunung Slamet Barat and BKPH Moga” have conducted research on the diversity and ecology of wild Piper. In this research, the collecting of Piper have conducted randomly follow the existing route, then all the species are recorded and completely with ecological data such as habitat, temperature, humidity, pH and plant association. Overall there are 3 genera and 12 species of Piperaceae. The genera are Hockeria, Peperomia and Piper. The species that are Hockeria peltata (L.) Kth ( Pothomorphe peltata (L.) Miq.), Peperomia laevifolia (L.) Miq, Piper aduncum L., Piper arcuatum Bl., Piper blumei (Miq.) Back., Piper caninum Bl., Piper chaba Bl., Piper flavomarginatum Bl, Piper nigrescens L., Piper phyllostictum (DC.) Bl., Piper sulcatum Bl., dan Piper sp. The species most commonly found in all study sites are Piper blumei, P. flavomarginatum and P. caninum. All the wild Piper are grows at an altitude 700 – 1500 above sea level.
Prosiding Seminar Nasional “Konservasi Tumbuhan Tropika: Kondisi Terkini dan Tantangan ke Depan” Cibodas, 7 April 2011. Kebun Raya Cibodas. hal. 205-211
(2011)
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