View source for Piper ← Piper You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason: The action you have requested is limited to users in the group: Users. You can view and copy the source of this page. {{Treatment/ID |accepted_name=Piper |accepted_authority=Linnaeus |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Sp. Pl. |place=1: 28. 175 }}, {{Treatment/Publication |title=Gen. Pl. ed. |place=5, 18. 1754 |year=1754 }} |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Piperaceae;Piper |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Piperaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Piper]]</div></div> |volume=Volume 3 |mention_page= |treatment_page= }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Small </b>trees, shrubs, subshrubs, or rarely herbs, erect or reclining, glabrous or pubescent. <b>Leaves</b> alternate, pubescent. <b>Leaf</b> blade conspicuously pinnately veined, lateral veins ascending-arching, connected by fainter, ladderlike, tertiary veins. <b>Spikes</b> opposite leaves, ascending-arching, densely flowered, distally drooping. <b>Flowers</b> sessile, borne on surface of rachis; floral bracts fringed with whitish hairs; stamens 2[-6]; stigmas [2-]3[-4]. <b>Fruits</b> sessile, oblong (inversely pyramidal-3-angled in <i>P. auritum</i>); beak minute.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=Primarily tropics and subtropics. |discussion=<p>Species 1000 (2 in the flora).</p><!-- --><p>This genus includes <i>Piper</i> nigrum Linnaeus, the source of black pepper and white pepper.</p><!-- --><p>Measurements for spike length in all descriptions include the peduncle.</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><div class="treatment-key"> ==Key== <div class="treatment-key-group"> {| class="wikitable fna-keytable" |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Leaf blade obliquely rounded to obliquely cuneate at base; petiole not winged. |[[Piper aduncum|Piper aduncum]] |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Leaf blade narrowly and deeply obliquely cordate at base; petiole winged at base. |[[Piper auritum|Piper auritum]] |} </div></div><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Piper |authority=Linnaeus |rank=genus |parent rank=family |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Piperaceae |distribution=Primarily tropics and subtropics. |reference=None |publication title=Sp. Pl.;Gen. Pl. ed. |publication year=;1754 |special status= |source xml=https://bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation/src/2e0870ddd59836b60bcf96646a41e87ea5a5943a/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V3/V3_262.xml |genus=Piper }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Piperaceae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Piperaceae (view source) Template:Treatment/AuthorLink (view source) Template:Treatment/Body (view source) Template:Treatment/Body/Maps (view source) Template:Treatment/ID (view source) Template:Treatment/Publication (view source) Return to Piper.