Piperaceae
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{{Taxobox
| name = Piperaceae
| image = Koeh-107.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = ''[[Piper nigrum]]'', from Koehler (1887)
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Piperales]]
| familia = Piperaceae
| familia_authority = [[Bercht.]] & [[J.Presl]] (1820)
| subdivision_ranks = genera
| subdivision =
''[[Arctottonia]]
<br>''[[Discipiper]]
<br>''[[Lepianthes]]
<br>''[[Macropiper]]
<br>''[[Manekia]]
<br>''[[Peperomia]]
<br>''[[Piper (genus)|Piper]]
<br>''[[Piperanthera]]
<br>''[[Pleiostachyopiper]]
<br>''[[Sarcorhachis]]
<br>''[[Trianaeopiper]]
<br>''[[Zippelia]]
}}
{{Wikispecies|Piperaceae}}
'''Piperaceae''' is the [[botanical name]] for a [[family (biology)|family]] of [[flowering plants]]. Such a family has been recognized by most taxonomists: it is sometimes known as the "pepper family". The best known species is ''[[Piper nigrum]]'', which yields the most famous peppercorns used as a spice, including "black pepper", although its cousins in the famly include many other spices.
The [[APG II system]], of 2003 (unchanged from the [[APG system]], of 1998), also recognizes this family, and assigns it to the order [[Piperales]] in the clade '''[[magnoliids]]'''.
The family consists of about a dozen genera, totalling two to three thousand species of usually aromatic plants. The best known genera are
''[[Peperomia]]'' and ''[[Piper (genus)|Piper]]''.
==External links==
*[http://delta-intkey.com/angio/ The families of flowering plants]: descriptions, illustrations, identification, information retrieval.
* [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=10692 Piperaceae in the ''Flora of North America'']
* [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=10692 Piperaceae in the ''Flora of China'']
* [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Tree&id=16739&lvl=3&lin=f&keep=1&srchmode=1&unlock NCBI Taxonomy Browser]
[[Category:Plant families]]
[[Category:Piperales]]
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[[hsb:Popjerjowcowe rostliny]]
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[[he:פלפליים]]
[[lt:Pipiriniai]]
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[[ja:コショウ科]]
[[no:Pepperfamilien]]
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[[ru:Перечные]]
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[[tr:Karabibergiller]]
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[[zh:胡椒科]]