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Piperites

Angiospermae - Piperales - Piperaceae

Taxonomy
Piperites was named by Göppert (1854). It is not extant. Its type is Piperites miquelianus.

It was assigned to Piperaceae by Knowlton (1919), Andrews (1970) and Martínez et al. (2015).

Species
Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1854Piperites Göppert
1919Piperites Knowlton
1970Piperites Andrews
2015Piperites Martínez et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
Magnoliids
RankNameAuthor
orderPiperalesvon Berchtold and Presl 1820
familyPiperaceaeGiseke 1792
genusPiperitesGöppert 1854

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.

G. †Piperites Göppert 1854
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Piperites miquelianus Goeppert 1854
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: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 23.03000 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene23.03 - 5.333Costa Rica P. cordatus, P. quinquecostatus (31313)
Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene23.03 - 5.333Venezuela (Trujillo) P. cordatus (31280)
Miocene - Pliocene23.03 - 2.588Trinidad and Tobago P. cordatus (34145)
Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Bolivia (Potosi) P. potosiensis (32143)