Angiospermae - Piperales - Piperaceae
"The epithet margaritae honors Margarita Gómez and Mateo Matamala, two biology students who died in 2011 as victims of the armed conflict while exploring field sites in Colombia."
Full reference: C. Martínez, M. R. Carvalho, S. Madriñán and C. Jaramillo. 2015. A Late Cretaceous Piper (Piperaceae) from Colombia and diversification patterns for the genus. American Journal of Botany 102(2):273-289
Belongs to Piper according to C. Martínez et al. 2015
Sister taxa: Piper abtusifolium, Piper aduncum, Piper amalago, Piper betle, Piper distachyon, Piper heerii, Piper longum, Piper malamiris, Piper nigrum, Piper pelatum, Piper pellucidum, Piper reticulatum, Piper siriboa, Piper trifolium, Piper umbellatum
Type specimen: Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad de los Andes, ANDES-Paleo-001, a leaf. Its type locality is Locality 0502, Montecristo Ubaté Coal Mine, which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial coal in the Guaduas Formation of Colombia.
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution: found only at Locality 0502, Montecristo Ubaté Coal Mine
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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