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-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism size;whole_organism growth form;whole_organism growth form;whole_organism orientation;whole_organism orientation;whole_organism pubescence;whole_organism pubescence;whole_organism growth form;whole_organism growth form"><b>Small </b>trees, shrubs, subshrubs, or rarely herbs, erect or reclining, glabrous or pubescent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="leaf arrangement;leaf pubescence"><b>Leaves </b>alternate, pubescent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="leaf-blade architecture;lateral-vein orientation;lateral-vein fusion;lateral-vein shape"><b>Leaf-</b>blade conspicuously pinnately veined, lateral-veins ascending-arching, connected by fainter, ladderlike, tertiary-veins.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="spike orientation;spike architecture;spike orientation;leaf arrangement"><b>Spikes </b>opposite leaves, ascending-arching, densely flowered, distally drooping.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="flower architecture"><b>Flowers </b>sessile, borne on surface of rachis;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="floral bract shape;hair coloration">floral bracts fringed with whitish hairs;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="stamen atypical quantity;stamen quantity">stamens 2 [-6];</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="stigma atypical quantity;stigma atypical quantity;stigma quantity">stigmas [2-] 3 [-4].</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="fruit architecture;fruit shape"><b>Fruits </b>sessile, oblong (inversely pyramidal-3-angled in P. auritum);</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="beak size">beak minute.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=Primarily tropics and subtropics |discussion=<p>Species 1000 (2 in the flora).</p><!-- --><p>This genus includes Piper 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://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V3/V3_262.xml |genus=Piper |beak size=minute |floral bract shape=fringed |flower architecture=sessile |fruit architecture=sessile |fruit shape=oblong |hair coloration=whitish |lateral-vein fusion=connected |lateral-vein orientation=ascending-arching |lateral-vein shape=ladderlike |leaf arrangement=opposite;alternate |leaf pubescence=pubescent |leaf-blade architecture=veined |spike architecture=flowered |spike orientation=drooping;ascending-arching |stamen atypical quantity=2;6 |stamen quantity=2 |stigma atypical quantity=3;4 |stigma quantity=3 |whole_organism growth form=herb;subshrub;shrub;tree |whole_organism orientation=reclining;erect |whole_organism pubescence=pubescent;glabrous |whole_organism size=small }}<!-- -->[[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.