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June 2025

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genus

Piper L.

This genus name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 28 (1753)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-4000029808.

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Synonyms of Piper

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Amalago Raf. Sylva Tellur. : 84 (1838) wfo-4000001449
Anderssoniopiper Trel. Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 73: 329 (1934) wfo-4000001952
Arctottonia Trel. Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 69: 315 (1930) wfo-4000002935
Artanthe Miq. Comm. Phytogr. : 40 (1840) wfo-4000003142
Betela Raf. Sylva Tellur.: 85 (1838) wfo-4000004542
Callianira Miq. Syst. Piperac. : 344 (1843) wfo-4000006044
Carpunya C.Presl Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss. , ser. 5, 6: 228 (1851) wfo-4000006814
Carpupica Raf. Sylva Tellur. : 85 (1838) wfo-4000006815
Caulobryon C.DC. Prodr. 16(1): 240. 1869. wfo-4000007061
Chavica Miq. Syst. Piperac. : 222 (1843) wfo-4000007742
Churumaya Raf. Sylva Tellur. : 85 (1838) wfo-4000008269
Coccobryon Klotzsch ex Miq. Syst. Piperac. : 343 (1843) wfo-4000008714
Cubeba Raf. Sylva Tellur. : 165 (1838) wfo-4000009991
Discipiper Trel. & Stehlé Candollea 10: 282. 1946. wfo-4000012128
Enckea Kunth Linnaea 13: 590 (1840) wfo-4000013370
Gonistum Raf. Sylva Tellur. : 85 (1838) wfo-4000016015
Heckeria Raf. Sylva Tellur. : 165 (1838) wfo-4000017093
Lepianthes Raf. Sylva Tellur. 84–85. 1838. wfo-4000021064
Lindeniopiper Trel. Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 68: 53 (1929) wfo-4000021834
Macropiper Miq. Comm. Phytogr. : 35 (1840) wfo-4000022750
Methysticum Raf. Sylva Tellur. : 85 (1838) wfo-4000023949
Muldera Miq. Comm. Phytogr. : 32 (1840) wfo-4000024961
Nematanthera Miq. Linnaea 18: 606. 1844[1845]. (prob. Aug 1845) wfo-4000025535
Ottonia Spreng. Neue Entdeck. Pflanzenk. 1: 255 (1820) wfo-4000027490
Oxodium Raf. Sylva Tellur. : 85 (1838) wfo-4000027531
Peltobryon Klotzsch ex Miq. Syst. Piperac. : 369 (1844) wfo-4000028506
Peperidia Kostel. Allg. Med.-Pharm. Fl. 2: 445. 1833. wfo-4000028678
Piperi St.-Lag. Ann. Soc. Bot. Lyon 7: 132 (1880) wfo-4000029812
Pleiostachyopiper Trel. Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 73(5): 328–329, pl. a. 1934. wfo-4000030254
Pothomorphe Miq. Comm. Phytogr. : 32 (1840) wfo-4000031037
Quebitea Aubl. Hist. Pl. Guiane 2: 838, t. 327. 1775. (Jun-Dec 1775) wfo-4000032368
Rhyncholepis Miq. Syst. Piperac. 46, 282. 1843. (4-9 Dec 1843) wfo-4000033133
Schilleria Kunth Linnaea 13: 609 (1840) wfo-4000034328
Serronia Gaudich. ex Guill. Icon. Sel. Pl. 3: 54, t. 90. 1837[1838]. wfo-4000035167
Sphaerostachys Miq. Syst. Piperac. 46, 375. 1843. (4-9 Dec 1843) wfo-4000036001
Steffensia Kunth Linnaea 13: 609 (1840) wfo-4000036346
Trianaeopiper Trel. Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 67: 47 (1928) wfo-4000038862
Dugagelia Gaudich. Voy. Uranie, Bot. 513. 1830 [6 Mar 1830] wfo-4000044065
Piperiphorum Neck. Elem. Bot. 3: 294 (1790) wfo-4000044875
Suensonia Gaudich. ex Miq. Syst. Piperac. : 535 (1844) wfo-4000044876
Schizonephros Griff. Not. Pl. Asiat. 4: 383 (1854) wfo-4100001116

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These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Piper:

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