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Piperaceae (pepper)
Taxonomy
Piperaceae was named by Giseke (1792). It is extant. It was considered monophyletic by Chase and Reveal (2009).
It was assigned to Piperales by Knowlton (1919), Mabberley (2000), Chase and Reveal (2009), The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2016).
It was assigned to Piperales by Knowlton (1919), Mabberley (2000), Chase and Reveal (2009), The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2016).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1792 | Piperaceae Giseke |
| 1919 | Piperaceae Knowlton |
| 2000 | Piperaceae Mabberley |
| 2009 | Piperaceae Chase and Reveal |
| 2016 | Piperaceae The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group p. 14 |
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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.
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
†Piperites tuscaloosensis Berry 1919
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Maastrichtian to the top of the Holocene or 72.20000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 66.0 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 66.0 Ma
Collections (21 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Maastrichtian | Colombia (Cundinamarca) | Piper margaritae (222725) | |
| Late/Upper Paleocene | France (Oise) | Piperaceae indet. (166598) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene | Costa Rica | Piperites cordatus, Piperites quinquecostatus (31313) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene | Venezuela (Trujillo) | Piperites cordatus (31280) | |
| Miocene - Pliocene | Trinidad and Tobago | Piperites cordatus (34145) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | China (Yunnan) | Piper sp. (222695) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pliocene | Bolivia (Potosi) | Piperites potosiensis (32143) | |
| Pleistocene | India (Jammu and Kashmir) | Peperomia sp. (228956) | |
| Quaternary | India (Tamil Nadu) | Peperomia sp. (228848 228849) | |
| Quaternary | India (Jammu and Kashmir) | Peperomia sp. (228775) | |
| Quaternary | India (Himachal Pradesh) | Peperomia sp. (228776) | |
| Quaternary | India (Assam) | Piperaceae indet. (228813 228814 228815 228817) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | India (Assam) | Piperaceae indet. (228759) | |
| Holocene | India (Uttarakhand) | Piperaceae indet. (228762 228763 228773) | |
| Holocene | India (Tamil Nadu) | Peperomia sp. (228788) |