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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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Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link

Unplaced Names

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

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Piper abutiloides (Kunth) Kunth ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. ed. 2, 2: 339 1841 — wfo-0000477235
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Piper accedens S.Moore J. Bot. 63(Suppl.): 84. 1925 wfo-0000479731
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Piper acuminatissimum var. latifolium C.DC. ex Trel. – wfo-0001391447
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Piper acuminatum G.Forst. Fl. Ins. Austr. : 5 (1786) — wfo-1000070191
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Piper acutifolium var. acutifolium – – — wfo-0001094405
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Piper aduncum Vell. Fl. Flumin. : 26 (1829) — wfo-1000070189
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Piper aduncum var. ossanum (C.DC.) Saralegui Fl. Rep. Cuba, Ser. A. Pl. Vasc. 9(3): 82 2004 — wfo-0001040872
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Piper albidopunctatum Blume Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunst. xi. (1826) 190. f. 16. wfo-0000479683
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Piper album Vahl Enum. Pl. [Vahl] i. 334. 1804 wfo-0000479675
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Piper alsinoides Lam. Tabl. Encycl. 1: 82 (1791) wfo-0000479781
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Piper alwynii M.A.Jaram. Novon 31(1): 256 2023 wfo-1200073493
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Piper alwynii R.Callejas P. & Betancur Novon 7: 17, f. 1 1997 — wfo-0001236570
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Piper amplifolium C.DC. Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 16(1): 262. 1869 [mid Nov 1869] wfo-0000479775
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Piper amplum Kunth Linnaea 13: 618 1839 — wfo-0001274714
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Piper andicolum Kunth Nov. Gen. Sp. (quarto ed.) 1: 55 1815 — wfo-0001092020
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Piper anguillispicum Trel. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. xxvi. 175 (1929). wfo-0000479809
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Piper angustiae Trel. J. Washington Acad. Sci. 19: 329 (1929) wfo-0001249009
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Piper angustiae var. quiotepecanum Trel. J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 19: 329. 1929 wfo-0001395737
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Piper angustifolium Roxb. Fl. Ind. 1: 163 (1820) — wfo-1000070197
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Piper anisitsii C.DC. Notizbl. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 6: 454. 1917 wfo-0000479795
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Piper anisophyllum var. granulatum Trel. ex Standl. Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 18: 331. 1937 Fl. Costa Rica wfo-0001093730
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Piper anisumolens Blanco Fl. Filip. [F.M. Blanco] 23. 1837 wfo-0000479801
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Piper anonifolium Kunth Linnaea 13: 619 1839 — wfo-0001092024
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Piper anonifolium f. angustifolium Yunck. – — wfo-0001317180
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Piper antioquiense var. pitaense Yunck. Piperac. N. South Amer. 1: 319. 1950 wfo-0001395738
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Piper arboreum f. staminea Fawc. & Rendle Fl. Jamaica [Fawcett & Rendle] 3: 23. 1914 wfo-0001324216
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Piper arboreum subsp. arboreum – – — wfo-0001093931
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Piper arieianum f. nubicola Steyerm. Fl. Venez. 2(2): 342. 1984 wfo-0001324905
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Piper aromaticum C.DC. Bull. Herb. Boissier , sér. 2, 1: 355 (1901) — wfo-1000070180
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Piper articulatum C.DC. Annuaire Conserv. Jard. Bot. Genève 2: 267. 1898 wfo-0000479540
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Piper arunachalensis Gajurel, Rethy & Y.Kumar J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 137: 418 2001 — wfo-0001263838
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Piper atlantidanum var. sibunense Trel. ex Standl. Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 12: 406. 1936 wfo-0001094330
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Piper awaensis M.A.Jaram. & Callejas – — wfo-0001273548
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Piper baclei C.DC. Annuaire Conserv. Jard. Bot. Genève 2: 267. 1898 wfo-0000479546
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Piper bakeri C.DC. W. Amer. Pl. 3: 12 1904 — wfo-0001277533
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Piper barbatum var. barbatum – – — wfo-0001094409
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Piper baricuspi Trel. – — wfo-0001092037
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Piper bartlingianum var. bartlingianum – – — wfo-0001093893
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Piper basellaefolium (Kunth) Poir. Encycl. (Suppl. 4): 468 1816 — wfo-0001092429
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Piper beccans C.DC. – — wfo-0001092038
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Piper begoniaefolium Hook. & Arn. Bot. Beechey Voy. 310 1841 — wfo-0001263803
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Piper biformipilum Yunck. Bol. Inst. Bot. (São Paulo) 3: 21 1966 — wfo-0001223774
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Piper bontianum C.DC. Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 16(1): 314. 1869 [mid Nov 1869] wfo-0000479648
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Piper brachyphyllum Willd. Enum. Pl. Suppl. [Willdenow] 3. 1814 [Jul-Dec 1814] wfo-0000479632
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Piper brachystachyum Vahl Enum. Pl. 1: 354 1805 — wfo-0001092040
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Piper brasiliense Larrañaga Escritos D. A. Larrañaga 1: 410 (1922) — wfo-1000070182
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Piper brasiliense Mart. ex Colla Herb. Pedem. 5: 165 (1836) — wfo-1000070183
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Piper bullatilimbum C.DC. Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 47: 112. 1905 wfo-0001092045
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Piper bullatum C.DC. Annuaire Conserv. Jard. Bot. Genève xxi. 292 (1920). wfo-0000479595
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Piper cadenaensis Tebbs Bull. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.), Bot. 20(2): 218–219, f. 26 1990 — wfo-0001093956
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Piper calceolarium var. magnifolium (C.DC.) Trel. & Yunck. Revista Fac. Nac. Agron. Medellin Univ. Antioquia 8: 424. 1948 wfo-0001221136
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Piper calceolatum var. magnifolium C.DC. Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 16(1): 307. 1869 [mid Nov 1869] wfo-0001221137
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Piper calciseligens Trel. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 84: 411. 1938 [1937 publ. 1938] wfo-0000478788
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Piper californicum Opiz Reliq. Haenk. i. 160. wfo-0001229299
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Piper candelarianum var. pedroanum Trel. ex Standl. Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 18: 334. 1937 as candelarium; Fl. Costa Rica wfo-0001093747
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Piper candelosum C.DC. Bull. Herb. Boissier ser. 2, 3: 397. 1903 wfo-0000478750
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Piper canescenticaule var. canescenticaule – – — wfo-0001094410
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Piper carabobense C.DC. Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 16(1): 259. 1869 [mid Nov 1869] wfo-0000490175
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Piper carrapanum var. carrapanum – – — wfo-0001094411
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Piper caucasanum Bredemeyer – — wfo-0001092056
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Piper chaba Blume Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunsten 11: 168 (1826) — wfo-1000070158
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Piper chairecoides C.DC. – — wfo-0001092061
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Piper challuapuquianum Trel. Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 13, no. 357: 147. 1936 wfo-0000490177
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Piper chamissonis (Miq.) Steud. ex C.DC. Prodr. 16(1): 283 1869 — wfo-0001265399
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Piper chamissonis var. rubellibracteatum C.DC. Smithsonian Misc. Collect. 71(6): 13 1920 — wfo-0001093246
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Piper chawya Buch.-Ham. Numer. List [Wallich] n. 6650 C. 1832 wfo-0000478882
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Piper chilense C.DC. Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 16(1): 367. 1869 [mid Nov 1869] wfo-0000478831
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Piper chimonanthifolium (Kunth) Kunth ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. ed. 2, 2: 340 1841 — wfo-0000478834
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Piper chuvya Hunter ex C.DC. Prodr. 16(1): 353 1869 — wfo-0000478825
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Piper chuvya Miq. Syst. Piperac. (F.A.W. Miquel) 267. wfo-0000478824
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Piper ciliaris C.DC. – — wfo-0001094017
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Piper cinerascens C.DC. ex M.Micheli. Mém. Soc. Phys. Genève 32: n. 2, 7, t. 51, fig. 1-5. 1893 wfo-0000478826
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Piper cinerascens C.DC. ex Micheli Mém. Soc. Phys. Genève 32(2): 7 (1893) — wfo-1000070344
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Piper clavuliger Trel. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 26: 151. 1929 wfo-0000490187
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Piper clethristachyum Rich. Syst. Piperac. 505 1844 — wfo-0001277173
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Piper clypeatum Wall. Numer. List [Wallich] n. 6665 A et B (Fici sp.). 1832 wfo-0000478849
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Piper coactaepilum Trel. Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 13, no. 357: 151. 1936 wfo-0001092740
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Piper cogolloi Callejas – — wfo-0001227739
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Piper collinum var. flagellicuspe Trel. Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 17(4): 347 1938 — wfo-0000741714
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Piper colubrinum (Link ex Kunth) Link ex C.DC. Prodr. 16(1): 319 1869 — wfo-0001265477
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Piper concoinum DC. – — wfo-0001093973
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Piper confusum var. latilimbum C.DC. Notizbl. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 6: 455. 1917 wfo-0001395740
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Piper consanguineum Kunth Linnaea 13: 623 1839 wfo-0001093469
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Piper consociatum C.DC. Annuaire Conserv. Jard. Bot. Genève 21: 317. 1920 wfo-0000478644
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Piper constipatispicum var. constipatispicum – – — wfo-0001094413
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Piper corcovadensis (Miq.) C.DC. Prodr. 16(1): 255 1869 — wfo-0001265342
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Piper corcovadensis var. corcovadensis – – — wfo-0001277112
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Piper corcovadensis var. longiracemosum (Yunck.) E.F.Guim. & M.Carvalho-Silva – — wfo-0001319744
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Piper cordifolium Sessé & Moc. Naturaleza (Mexico City) ser. 2, 1, app. 10. 1887 as cardifolium; Plantae Novae Hispaniae wfo-0000478596
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Piper coriaceum G.Lodd. Bot. Cab. 2: t. 128 (1818) — wfo-1000070384
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Piper coriaceum Vahl Enum. Pl. 1: 314 (1804) wfo-0000478599
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Piper corylifolium Kunth Linnaea 13(6): 699. 1840 [Mar-Jun 1840] wfo-0001277166
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Piper corylistachyopse Trel. J. Arnold Arbor. 9(4): 147 1928 — wfo-0001266349
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Piper crassinervium var. crassinervium – – — wfo-0001093077
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Piper cryptopodon C.DC. – — wfo-0001094415
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Piper cubeba Bojer Hortus Maurit. 355. 1837 wfo-0000478711
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Piper cubeba Vahl Enum. Pl. [Vahl] i. 332. 1804 wfo-0000478713
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Piper cufodontisii Trel. Arch. Bot. Sist. 10(1): 25 1934 — wfo-0001092076
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Piper cundinamarcanum Trel. Trab. Mus. Nac. Ci. Nat., Ser. Bot. No. 33, 49 (1936), anglice. wfo-0000478700
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Piper cupreatum var. cupreatum – – — wfo-0001094414