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Piperales
Piper angustifolium from Koehler (1887)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Magnoliids
Order:	Piperales Dumort. (1829)
Families
Aristolochiaceae Hydnoraceae Piperaceae Saururaceae

Piperales is a botanical name for an order of flowering plants. It necessarily includes the family Piperaceae but otherwise has been treated variously over time. Well-known plants which may be included in this order include black pepper, kava, lizard's tail, birthwort, and wild ginger.

Classification

APG system

In the APG II system, of 2003, this order is placed in the clade magnoliids and is circumscribed as follows:

This is an expansion from the APG system, of 1998, which used the same placement (in the magnoliids) but used this circumscription:

• order Piperales

  family Aristolochiaceae

  family Lactoridaceae

  family Piperaceae

  family Saururaceae

Lactoridaceae is now no longer maintained; its sole genus Lactoris is placed in Aristolochiaceae.

Earlier systems

The Cronquist system, of 1981, placed the order in the subclass Magnoliidae of class Magnoliopsida [=dicotyledons] and used this circumscription:

• order Piperales

  family Chloranthaceae

  family Piperaceae

  family Saururaceae

The Engler system, in its update of 1964, placed the order in subclassis Archichlamydeae in class Dicotyledoneae [=dicotyledons] and used this circumscription:

• order Piperales

  family Chloranthaceae

  family Lactoridaceae

  family Piperaceae

  family Saururaceae

The Wettstein system, latest version published in 1935, assigned the order to the Monochlamydeae in subclass Choripetalae of class Dicotyledones. It used the circumscription:

• order Piperales

  family Piperaceae

References

Definition from Wiktionary, a free dictionary

Translingual

Etymology

Proper noun

Piperales

1. (taxonomy) A taxonomic order within the class Magnoliopsida — many woody vines and shrubs that yield an ethereal oil; includes the black pepper.

Hyponyms

• Aristolochiaceae
• Hydnoraceae
• Lactoridaceae
• Piperaceae
• Saururaceae

See also

• Piperales on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Piperales on Wikispecies. Wikispecies

From Wikispecies

Piper betel

Taxonavigation

Classification System: APG II (down to family level)

Main Page
Cladus: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiospermae
Cladus:Magnoliids
Ordo: Piperales
Familia: Aristolochiaceae - Hydnoraceae - Lactoridaceae - Piperaceae - Saururaceae

Name

Piperales Dumortier

Synonyms

• Aristolochiales
• Asarales
• Hydnorales
• Lactoridales

Vernacular name

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