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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 batica Linnaeus 1753
Aristolochia bilobata Linnaeus 1753
†Aristolochia crassifolia Newberry 1868
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Invalid names: Aristolochia cordifolia Newberry 1868 [synonym]
†Aristolochia elongata Knowlton 1917
Aristolochia hirta Linnaeus 1753
Aristolochia indica Linnaeus 1753
Aristolochia longa Linnaeus 1753
†Aristolochia mortua Cockerell 1908
†Aristolochia obscura Lesquereux 1861
Aristolochia peltata Linnaeus 1753
Aristolochia rotunda Linnaeus 1753
Aristolochia trilobata Linnaeus 1753
†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
Measurements
No measurements are available
Diet: "photoautotroph"p
Created: 2011-07-22 00:04:15
Modified: 2011-07-21 09:04:15
Source: p = phylum
Reference: Kiessling 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian to the top of the Holocene or 70.60000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 66.0 Ma

Collections (34 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Colombia (Cundinamarca) Piper margaritae (222725)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Argentina (Chubut) Rosannia manika (31653 151452 199410)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (North Dakota) Saururaceae HC182 (48191 48273)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) Aristolochites brittoni (34922)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Argentina (Buenos Aires) Rosannia manika (168421 168422 168433)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Argentina (Chubut) Rosannia manika (151456)
Paleogene66.0 - 23.03India (Maharashtra) Aristolochioxylon prakashii (225724)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8France (Oise) Piperaceae indet. (166598)
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Wyoming) Aristolochia mortua (21389)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Aristolochia mortua (24209)
Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene23.03 - 5.333Costa Rica Piperites cordatus, Piperites quinquecostatus (31313)
Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene23.03 - 5.333Venezuela (Trujillo) Piperites cordatus (31280)
Miocene - Pliocene23.03 - 2.588Trinidad and Tobago Piperites cordatus (34145)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333China (Yunnan) Piper sp. (222695)
Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Bolivia (Potosi) Piperites potosiensis (32143)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117India (Jammu and Kashmir) Peperomia sp. (228956)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (Himachal Pradesh) Peperomia sp. (228776)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (Tamil Nadu) Peperomia sp. (228848 228849)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (Jammu and Kashmir) Peperomia sp. (228775)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (Assam) Piperaceae indet. (228813 228814 228815 228817)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117India (Assam) Piperaceae indet. (228759)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0India (Uttarakhand) Piperaceae indet. (228762 228763 228773)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0India (Tamil Nadu) Peperomia sp. (228788)