Order

Piperales (Pepper plants, birthworts, and allies)

Asarum hartwegii. Photo: (c) randomtruth, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)

Piperales is a botanical name for an order of flowering plants. It necessarily includes the family Piperaceae but otherwise has been treated variously over time. Well-known plants which may be included in this order include black pepper, kava, lizard’s tail, birthwort, and wild ginger.

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Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Plantae (Plants)
  - Phylum: Tracheophyta (Vascular plants)
    - Subphylum: Angiospermae (Flowering plants)
      - Class: Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
        Order: Piperales (Pepper plants, birthworts, and allies)
        Family: Saururaceae (Lizard’s tail family) (1)
        Family: Aristolochiaceae (Birthwort family) (2)

Subtaxa

Family: Saururaceae (Lizard’s tail family)

Family: Aristolochiaceae (Birthwort family)

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