Piperales

Piperales
Temporal range: Aptian - recent[1]
Piper aduncum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Magnoliids
Order: Piperales
Bercht. & J.Presl[2]
Families
Synonyms[3]
  • Aristolochiales de Jussieu ex von Berchtold & Presl 1820
  • Asarales Horan. 1847
  • Hydnorales Takhtajan ex Reveal 1992
  • Lactoridales Takhtajan ex Reveal 1993
  • Saururales von Martius 1835

Piperales is an order of flowering plants (4,170 recognized species). It necessarily includes the family Piperaceae but other taxa have been included or disincluded variously over time. Well-known plants which may be included in this order include black pepper, kava, the many Peperomias, pepper elder, lizard's tail, birthwort, and wild ginger.[4] The two perianthless families Piperaceae and Saururaceae are mainly herbaceous plants possessing highly reduced flowers.[5][6]

  1. ^ "Piperales". www.mobot.org. Retrieved 2023-06-18.
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  4. ^ "Introduction to the Piperales". ucmp.berkeley.edu. UC Berkeley. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  5. ^ Jaramillo, M. A.; Kramer, E. M. (2007). "Molecular evolution of the petal and stamen identity genes, APETALA3 and PISTILLATA, after petal loss in the Piperales". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 44 (2): 598–609. Bibcode:2007MolPE..44..598J. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2007.03.015. PMID 17576077.
  6. ^ Phylogenetic Relationships of the Perianthless Piperales: Reconstructing the Evolution of Floral Development