Piper manabinum
Overview
A detailed profile for this species is sourced from the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species as assessments become available.
Piper manabinum faces severe threats from rapid deforestation and agricultural expansion throughout its limited range in Ecuador's coastal and Andean regions. The species' restricted distribution makes it particularly vulnerable to habitat fragmentation, while logging activities and conversion of native forests to plantations continue to reduce available habitat. Climate change poses additional pressure through altered precipitation patterns that may affect the humid forest conditions this species requires.
Habitat
Piper manabinum inhabits humid tropical forests in Ecuador's coastal and lower Andean regions, typically growing in understory environments with high moisture levels. The species is adapted to specific microclimatic conditions found in these montane and lowland forest ecosystems.