Piperaceae
Piperaceae Giseke, Prael. Ord. Nat. Pl. 123. 1792. nom. cons. 'Pepper Family'
Characteristic Features:
Herbs, shrubs, vines or trees with atactostelic stem
Inflorescence spike or spadix
Flowers very small, numerous, unisexual or bisexual
Perianth absent, ovary solitary with one ovule
Fruit a one seeded berry or drupe
Diversity:
World- 13 genera 2,658 species (The Plant List 2013); 5 genera 3,700 species (Christenhusz & Byng 2016); 5 genera, 3600 species (Mabberely 2017); 6 genera, 3526 species (Roskov et al. 2021)
India - 4 genera 101 species (Karthikeyan 2000); 3 genera, 84 species (BSI, 2021)
Indian Himalaya- 2 genera, 33 species (Singh et al. 2019)
Uttarakhand - 2 genera 7 species (Uniyal et al. 2007)
General Characters:
Piperaceae in POWO 2021 (Plants of the World Online)
Piperaceae in Wikipedia
Systematic Position of the Family in Different Systems of Classifications:
Systematic position in 2-Superkingdom, 7-Kingdom classification of Ruggiero et al. (2015)
Super Kingdom- Eukaryota, Kingdom- Plantae, Subkingdom- Viridiplantae, Infrakingdom- Streptophyta, Superphylum- Embryophyta, Phylum- Tracheophyta, Subphylum- Spermatophytina, Superclass- Angiospermae, Class- Magnoliopsida, Superorder-Magnolianae, Order- Piperales
Bentham & Hooker (1862-83)
Class : Dicotyledons
Subclass : Monochlamydeae
Series : Microembryeae
Engler & Prantl (1887-1915)
Kingdom : Plantae
Division : Embryophyta Siphonogama
Subdivision: Angiospermae
Class : Dicotyledoneae
Subclass : Archichlamydeae
Order : Piperales
Hutchinson (1973)
Phylum : Angiospermae
Subphylum: Dicotyledones
Division : Herbaceae
Order : Piperaceae
Cronquist (1988)
Division : Magnoliophyta
Class : Magnoliopsida
Subclass : Magnoliidae
Order : Piperales
Thorne & Reveal (2007)
Class : Magnoliopsida
Subclass : Magnoliidae
Super Order: Magnilianae
Order : Piperales
Takhtajan (2009)
Phylum : Magnoliophyta
Class : Magnoliopsida
Subclass : Magnoliidae
Super Order: Piperanae
Order : Piperales
Reveal (2012)
Class : Equisetopsida
Subclass : Magnoliidae
Super Order: Magnolianae
Order : Piperales
APG-IV (2016)
Clade : Angiosperms
Clade : Magnoliids
Order : Piperales
Shipunov (2020)
Class : Angiospermae
Subclass : Magnoliidae
Order : Piperales
Suborder : Piperineae
Genera & Species in Pantnagar
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~~~Wild Flora~~~
Peperomia pellucida (L.) Kunth
Piper longum L.
