Order Piperales von Berchtold and Presl 1820 (magnoliids)
Synonym: Aristolochiales
Parent taxon: Magnoliids according to The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 2016
See also Jud 2011, Knowlton 1919, Mabberley 2000 and Taylor et al. 2008
Sister taxa: Canellales, Magnoliales
Subtaxa: Aristolochiaceae Piperaceae Saururaceae
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Quaternary of India (14 collections)
• Pliocene of Bolivia (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Trinidad and Tobago (1)
• Miocene of China (1), Costa Rica (1), Venezuela (1)
• Eocene of United States (2: Colorado, Wyoming)
• Paleocene of Argentina (4), France (1)
• Paleogene of India (1)
• Cretaceous of Argentina (3), Colombia (1), United States (3: North Dakota, Wyoming)
Total: 34 collections including 35 occurrences