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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Piper

Hierarchical position of the Genus Piper

Regnum  Plantae common name: The plant kingdom       Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: angiosperms, flowering plants       Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: Angiosperms       Classis  Piperopsida Bartl. pub. Ord. Nat. Pl.: 78, 83. Sep 1830.       Subclassis  Piperidae Reveal pub. Phytologia 76: 3. 1994.       SuperOrdo  Piperanae Reveal pub. Phytologia 76: 3. 1994.       Ordo  Piperales Dumort. pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 65. 1829.       Familia  Piperaceae C. Agardh pub. Aphor. Bot. (14): 201. 13 Jun 1824, nom. cons. common name: Peppers       Subfamilia  Piperoideae Arn. pub. Encycl. Brit., ed. 7, 5: 130. 9 Mar 1832.       Tribus  Pipereae Miq. pub. Comm. Phytogr.: 32, 33. 16-21 Mar 1840.       Subtribus  Piperinae (Miq.) Endl. pub. Gen. Pl. Suppl. 4(2): 16. Aug-Oct 1848.       Genus  Piper L. pub. (1753) common name: pepper

Named members of the Genus Piper

1	Species  aduncum L. common name: higuillo de hoja menuda  (Mexico)
2	Species  amalago L. common name: higuillo de limon  (Mexico)
3	Species  angustifolium Lam. common name: pepper
4	Species  auritum Kunth common name: Vera cruz pepper
5	Species  betel L. common name: betel pepper
6	Species  blattarum Spreng. common name: moth pepper
7	Species  citrifolium Lam. syn. Piper jacquemontianum
8	Species  cubeba L. f. common name: cubeb, tailed pepper
9	Species  dilatatum L.C. Rich. common name: higuillo
10	Species  emarginellum Sw. ex Wikstr. syn. Peperomia emarginella
11	Species  glabellum Sw. syn. Peperomia glabella
12	Species  glabrescens (Miq.) C. DC. common name: Guyanese pepper
13	Species  guineense Schumacher & Thonn. common name: pepper
14	Species  hernandiifolium Vahl syn. Peperomia hernandiifolia
15	Species  hispidum Sw. common name: Jamaican pepper
16	Species  humile Vahl syn. Peperomia humilis
17	Species  jacquemontianum Kunth common name: Caracas pepper
18	Species  leptostachyon Nutt. syn. Peperomia humilis
19	Species  longifolium Ruiz & Pavon common name: pepper
20	Species  longum L. common name: Indian long pepper
21	Species  maculosum L. syn. Peperomia maculosa
22	Species  marginatum Jacq. common name: marigold pepper
23	Species  methysticum G. Forst. common name: kava kava
24	Species  nigrum L. common name: black pepper
25	Species  obtusifolium L. syn. Peperomia obtusifolia
26	Species  officinarum (Miq.) C. DC. syn. Piper retrofractum
27	Species  ornatum N. E. Br. common name: Celebes pepper
28	Species  pellucidum L. syn. Peperomia pellucida
29	Species  peltatum L. syn. Lepianthes peltata
30	Species  ponapense C. DC. common name: pepper
31	Species  quadrifolium L. syn. Peperomia quadrifolia
32	Species  retrofractum Vahl common name: Javanese long pepper
33	Species  rotundifolium L. syn. Peperomia rotundifolia
34	Species  scabrum Sw., non Lam. syn. Piper hispidum
35	Species  serpens Sw. syn. Peperomia serpens
36	Species  swartzianum (Miq.) C. DC. common name: spanish elder
37	Species  tenellum Sw. syn. Peperomia tenella
38	Species  tetraphyllum G. Forst. syn. Peperomia tetraphylla
39	Species  treleaseanum Britt. & Wilson syn. Piper glabrescens
40	Species  tuberculatum auct. non Jacq. syn. Piper swartzianum
41	Species  umbellatum L. syn. Lepianthes peltata
42	Species  wydlerianum (Miq.) C. DC. syn. Piper jacquemontianum

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

Additional information is available in the commercial version of The Compleat Botanica software for species with this symbol.

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.