Casimir de Candolle

Entandrophragma is a genus of eleven known species of deciduous trees in the mahogany family Meliaceae.

Pterocarya stenoptera, the Chinese wingnut (Chinese: 楓楊; pinyin: fēngyáng), is a small-winged wingnut tree of the Juglandaceae family. It is originally from Southeast China.

Khaya anthotheca, with the common name East African mahogany, is a large tree species in the Meliaceae family, native to tropical Africa. The name anthotheca was taken from the Greek word anthos, meaning flower, while theca refers to a capsule. It is known by a number of other common names, including Nyasaland, red or white mahogany. Oos-Afrikaanse mahonie is the Afrikaans name and acajou is its name in French.

Piper borbonense is a species of plant in the genus Piper. A close relative of black pepper, its berries are used as a spice known as voatsiperifery, which comes from voa, the Malagasy word for fruit, and tsiperifery, the local name of the plant. A wild pepper, it grows in Madagascar. It can reach up to 20 metres and needs a natural plant support.

Entandrophragma angolense, called the tiama, is a tree species with alternate, pinnately compound leaves that are clustered at the ends of branches. It is within the family Meliaceae and has a wide distribution area, occurring in moist semi-deciduous and evergreen forest regions of Tropical Africa from Sierra Leone to Uganda. Harvesting for timber has caused the species to become vulnerable in certain countries.

Piper darienense is a flowering plant in the family Piperaceae. It is called Duermeboca in Panama. In El Chocó, the plant is used as a fish poison. The Guna, an indigenous people of Panama and Colombia, call it Kana, and they use it in a bath, for snakebites and colds.

Peperomia hirta is a species of plant in the genus Peperomia. Its native range is in Central America from Mexico to Panama.

Peperomia albovittata is a species of plant in the family Piperaceae. It is endemic to Ecuador.

Trichilia acuminata is a species of plant in the family Meliaceae. It is found in Colombia and Panama.

Piper cenocladum is a species of shrub in the genus Piper (pepper plants). This plant and a few other closely related species are known as ant plants or ant pipers. P. cenocladum has broad, bright green leaves and grows in dim, swampy areas deep in the rainforest of Costa Rica and surrounding countries. It occurs in the rainforest understory. The species is a myrmecophyte, a plant that lives in ecological mutualism with ants. It has hollow petioles which provide a home for ants, especially of the species Pheidole bicornis. The ants also use the plant as their main food source and defend it

Peperomia unduavina is a species of plant from the genus Peperomia. It was first described by Casimir de Candolle and published in the book "Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis 13: 306. 1914.". It primarily grows on wet tropical biomes It is named after Unduavi, the place where the species were discovered.

Aglaia leucoclada is an understorey tree in the family Meliaceae. It is endemic to Papua New Guinea. The main threat to this species is the destruction of its habitat. The specific epithet, leucoclada, derives from two Greek words: leucos (white) and clados (shoot/sprout) which were combined to give leucocladus, - a, -um, describing the plant as having white shoots.

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Piper hederaceum, commonly known as the giant pepper vine, is a species of plants in the pepper family Piperaceae. It is a twining climber with a stem diameter up to 15 cm (5.9 in) which is endemic to eastern Australia, found from Lockhart River, Queensland, to Bermagui, New South Wales. It inhabits tropical, subtropical and temperate rainforest at altitudes from sea level to about 1,200 m (3,900 ft).

Peperomia weberbaueri is a species of Peperomia plant native to Peru. Some specimens can be found at an altitude of 1600 m in the Amazon.

Peperomia violacea is a species of plant from the genus Peperomia. It was first described by Casimir de Candolle and published in the book "Journal de Botanique (Morot) 4(22): 399. 1890. (16 Nov 1890)".

Peperomia vinasiana is a species of epiphyte or lithophyte plant from the genus Peperomia. It was first described by Casimir de Candolle and the species was published in the book "Bulletin de la Société Royale de Botanique de Belgique 30(1): 231. 1891[1892]". It grows mainly on the wet tropical biomes.

Peperomia villosa is a species of herb from the genus Peperomia. First specimens were collected by William Jameson. It was first described by Casimir de Candolle and published in the book "Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 4: 135. 1866.". Its etymology came from "villous", which means long soft hair.

Peperomia villicaulis is a species of plant from the genus Peperomia. It was first described by Casimir de Candolle and published in the book "Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 40: 264. 1908".

Peperomia undeninervia is a species of epiphyte from the genus Peperomia. It was first described by Casimir de Candolle and published in the book "Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 16(1): 441. 1869.". It primarily grows on wet tropical biomes.

Peperomia tuerckheimii is a species of flowering plant in the family Piperaceae, It is a perennial lithophyte and epiphyte. It was first described by Casimir de Candolle and published in the book "Annuaire du Conservatoire et du Jardin Botaniques de Genève 2: 279. 1898. ". It primarily grows on wet tropical biomes. The species name came from Tuerckheim, who had expeditions in Guatemala, where first specimens of this species were collected.

Peperomia trianae is a species of epiphyte in the genus Peperomia. It primarily grows on wet tropical biomes. Its conservation status is Not Threatened.

Peperomia tlapacoyoensis is a species of epiphyte in the genus Peperomia found in Veracruz. It primarily grows on wet tropical biomes. Its conservation status is Not Threatened.

Peperomia ternata is a species of hemiepiphytic subshrub from the genus Peperomia. It was first described by Casimir de Candolle and published in the book "Bulletin de l'Herbier Boissier 6(7): 509. 1898. ". It primarily grows in wet tropical biomes.

Peperomia tenuiramea is a species of epiphyte in the genus Peperomia. Its Conservation Status is Not Threatened.

Peperomia tenuifolia is a species of epiphyte or lithophyte in the genus Peperomia found in Colombia, Costa Rica, and Panama. It primarily grows on wet tropical biomes. Its conservation status is Not Threatened.

Peperomia tarapotana is a species of flowering plant in the genus Peperomia. It was first described by Casimir de Candolle and published in the book "Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 4: 137. 1866". The species name came from Tarapoto, where first specimens of this species were collected. It is endemic to Peru.

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Peperomia hoffmannii is a species of plant in the genus Peperomia of the family Piperaceae. Its native range reaches from Mexico to Peru.

Peperomia fraseri, commonly known as the flowering pepper, is a species of plant in the genus Peperomia of the family Piperaceae. Its native range covers Colombia and Peru. It has also been introduced to Ecuador and Guatemala.