Kingdom Plantae Clade Magnoliids Higher classification Magnoliids | Clade Angiosperms Scientific name Piperales Rank Order | |
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Lower classifications Aristolochiaceae, Chloranthaceae, Aristolochia, Radiator plants, Saururaceae | ||
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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APG system
In the APG IV system, of 2016, this order is placed in the clade magnoliids and is circumscribed as follows:
This is an expansion from the APG system, of 1998, which used the same placement (in the magnoliids) but used this circumscription:
Earlier systems
The Cronquist system, of 1981, placed the order in the subclass Magnoliidae of class Magnoliopsida [=dicotyledons] and used this circumscription:
The Engler system, in its update of 1964, placed the order in subclassis Archichlamydeae in class Dicotyledoneae [=dicotyledons] and used this circumscription:
The Wettstein system, latest version published in 1935, assigned the order to the Monochlamydeae in subclass Choripetalae of class Dicotyledones. It used the circumscription: