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Vernacular names of plants within the Order Piperales

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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