Family Piperaceae Giseke 1792 (pepper)
Angiospermae - Piperales - Piperaceae
Parent taxon: Piperales according to The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 2016
See also Chase and Reveal 2009, Knowlton 1919 and Mabberley 2000
Sister taxa: Aristolochiaceae, Saururaceae
Subtaxa: Peperomia Piper Piperites
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)
• Paleocene of France (1)
• Cretaceous of Colombia (1)
Total: 21 collections including 22 occurrences