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Piperales

Angiospermae - Piperales

Taxonomy
Piperales was named by von Berchtold and Presl (1820). It is extant. It was considered monophyletic by The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2016).

It was assigned to Dicotyledones by Knowlton (1919); to Magnoliidae by Mabberley (2000) and Taylor et al. (2008); and to Magnoliids by The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2016).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1820Piperales von Berchtold and Presl
1919Aristolochiales Knowlton
1919Piperales Knowlton
2000Aristolochiales Mabberley
2000Piperales Mabberley
2008Piperales Taylor et al. p. 1029
2016Piperales The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
RankNameAuthor
Magnoliids
orderPiperalesvon Berchtold and Presl 1820
orderPiperalesvon Berchtold and Presl 1820

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Or. Piperales von Berchtold and Presl 1820
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Fm. Aristolochiaceae de Jussieu 1789
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G. Aristolochia Linnaeus 1753 [birthwort]
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Aristolochia crassifolia Newberry 1868
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Invalid names: Aristolochia cordifolia Newberry 1868 [synonym]
Aristolochia elongata Knowlton 1917
Aristolochia mortua Cockerell 1908
Aristolochia obscura Lesquereux 1861
Aristolochia williardiana Knowlton 1916
G. †Aristolochiaephyllum Fontaine 1889
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G. †Aristolochioxylon Kulkarni and Patil 1977
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Aristolochioxylon prakashii Kulkarni and Patil 1977
G. †Aristolochites Heer 1866
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Aristolochites acutus Perkins 1904
Aristolochites apicalis Perkins 1904
Aristolochites coniodeus Perkins 1904
Aristolochites cuneatus Perkins 1904
Aristolochites curvatus Lesquereux 1861
Aristolochites dubius Perkins 1904
Aristolochites elegans Perkins 1904
Aristolochites excavatus Perkins 1904
Aristolochites globosus Perkins 1904
Aristolochites majus Perkins 1904
Aristolochites ovoides Perkins 1904
Aristolochites rugosus Perkins 1904
Aristolochites sulcatus Perkins 1904
Invalid names: Asaraceae Vent [synonym], Hydnoraceae Agardh 1821 [synonym], Lactoridaceae Engler 1888 [synonym]
Fm. Piperaceae Giseke 1792 [pepper]
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G. Peperomia Ruiz López and Pavón 1794
G. Piper Linnaeus 1753
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Piper abtusifolium Linnaeus 1753
Piper aduncum Linnaeus 1753
Piper amalago Linnaeus 1753
Piper betle Linnaeus 1753
Piper distachyon Linnaeus 1753
Piper heerii Lesquereux 1888
Piper longum Linnaeus 1753
Piper malamiris Linnaeus 1753
Piper margaritae Martínez et al. 2015
Piper nigrum Linnaeus 1753
Piper pelatum Linnaeus 1753
Piper pellucidum Linnaeus 1753
Piper reticulatum Linnaeus 1753
Piper siriboa Linnaeus 1753
Piper trifolium Linnaeus 1753
Piper umbellatum Linnaeus 1753
G. †Piperites Göppert 1854
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Piperites miquelianus Goeppert 1854
Fm. †Saururaceae Voigt 1811
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G. †Saururopsis Stopes and Fujii 1910
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Saururopsis niponensis Stopes and Fujii 1910
Invalid names: Aristolochiales [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available