Piperales
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Vernacular names of plants within the Order Piperales

Jackie's saddle
apache beads
baby rubberplant
houttuynia
lepianthes
lizard-tails
man to man
monkey's hand
peperomia
peppers
saururus
yerba mansa

Hierarchical position of the Order Piperales

   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.
  

Named members of the Order Piperales

1
   Familia  Piperaceae C. Agardh
pub. Aphor. Bot. (14): 201. 13 Jun 1824, nom. cons.
common name: Peppers
  
2
   Familia  Saururaceae Rich. ex E. Meyer
pub. Houttuynia: 20. 1827.
common name: Lizard-tails
  

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

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

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