Piper sarmentosum (Piperaceae), a Newly Naturalized Plant in Taiwan

台灣新歸化植物－－假蒟（胡椒科）

Piper sarmentosum Roxb. (Piperaceae) is reported from Taiwan as a newly naturalized plant. It could be easily distinguished from all native Piper species by its herbaceous habit with erect stems and long creeping stolons. 本文報導臺灣新歸化植物：假蒟（Piper sarmentosum）。其植物體為具直立莖與長走莖之草本植物，易與其他原生之風藤屬（Piper）植物區辨。