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Piperaceae (pepper)

Angiospermae - Piperales - Piperaceae

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) and The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1792Piperaceae Giseke
1919Piperaceae Knowlton
2000Piperaceae Mabberley
2009Piperaceae Chase and Reveal
2016Piperaceae The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group p. 14

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

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
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available