Piper divaricatum
Monoterpenes:
- linalool (1)
- b-pinene (1)
- a-pinene (1)
- a-phellandrene (1)
Sesquiterpenes:
- b-caryophyllene (5)
Sesquiterpenes:
- b-caryophyllene (1)
Propenylphenols:
- y-asarone (2)
- 4-Hydroxy-2,5-dimethoxyallylbenzene (2)
Steroids:
- Sitosterol (2)
1) José Gustavo L. de Almeida, Edilberto R. Silveira and Otília Deusdênia L. Pessoa, Edson P. Nunes (2009) "Essential Oil Composition From Leaves and Fruits of Piper divaricatum G. Mey." Journal of Essential Oil Research, 21: 228-230.
2) Avella, E., Diaz, P. P. and Aura, M. P., Planta Medica, 1994, 60, 195.
This information is based an ongoing project dedicated to the inventory and dissemination of information on lepidopteran larvae, their host plants, and their parasitoids in an Ecuadorian montane cloud forest.
N=20 herbivore associations as of 2012.
Apatelodidae: Unknown sp.; N=1.
Crambidae: Unknown spp.; N=2.
Geometridae: Eois pallidicosta (Warren); N=1, Eois nr. nigricosta (Prout); N=1, Eois nov. spp.; N=13.
Larval lepidopteran herbivores reared in Napo Province, Ecuador (Yanayacu Biological Station and Center for Creative Studies).
For Piper phylogeny see attached pdf (Jaramillo et al., 2008).
For original publication details of Piper divaricatum see: Prim. Fl. Esseq. 15 1818.
Piper divaricatum is found in Suriname, French Guyana, Guyana, Brazil, Ecuador, Bolivia, Venezuela, Costa Rica and southern Mexico.
This distribution information was accessed through Tropicos and Discover Life.
Larval lepidopteran herbivores collected from Piper divaricatum in Napo Province, Ecuador (Yanayacu Biological Station and Center for Creative Studies, Bosque de San Benjamin, Las Palmas).
A number of synonyms for the accepted name, Piper divaricatum G. Mey are acknowledged by The Plant List and are under review by the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families.