<i>Piperaceae Raddianae</i> : A taxonomic and nomenclatural study of Giuseppe Raddi's Brazilian Piperaceae

Abstract Giuseppe Raddi collected in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from November 1817 to June 1818. He published 12 new names family Piperaceae an article that appeared 1828. Raddi's has not been cited specialized literature and these were never properly studied. In present study, are typified, their identity is clarified. Five combinations here presented, namely Peperomia callitrichoides , P. catesbaeifolia cylindrica gracillima plantaginifolia . The name Piper raddianum published, honoring him his botanical accomplishments. addition, scutatum scolopendrifolium truncatum fluminense Steffensia ampla (≡ amplum ), variabile catesbaeafolium cylindricum pumilum martiana gracillimum lectotypified.