*Piper Linnaeus. Common name: Pepper.
A genus of over 1000 species, trees, shrubs, vines, and herbs, of the tropics and subtropics. Subgenera follow Jaramillo et al. (2008) and Bornstein (2024).
References: Bornstein (2024); Boufford (1997a) In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (1997); Jaramillo et al. (2008); Tebbs (1993) In Kubitzki, Rohwer, & Bittrich (1993). Show full citations.
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