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  Piperales
Piperaceae + Saururaceae: root epidermis from inner layer of cap; stomata tetracytic; cuticle wax crystalloids usu.
Piperaceae may be recognised vegetatively by their herbaceous habit and/or their separate vascular bundles in the stem, their swollen nodes, and their soft and/or fleshy leaves that are often cordate at the basde.
It has scattered vascular bundles scattered, spiral or opposite leaves, usually with narrow insertions on the stem and lacking stipules, the flowers have two bisporangiate/monothecal stamens, inaperturate pollen, a single carpel with a penicillate stigma, and an unitegmic (the integument is ca 2 cell layers across) tenuinucellate ovule.
www.mobot.org /MOBOT/research/APweb/orders/piperalesweb2.htm   (2471 words)

  
  Piperaceae - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Piperaceae is the botanical name for a family of flowering plants.
Such a family has been recognised by most taxonomists: it is sometimes known as the "pepper family".
Piperaceae in L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Piperaceae   (153 words)

  
 Botany 2003 - Abstract Details   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Lobova, Tatyana A. [1], Mori, Scott A. Species of Piperaceae dispersed by bats in French Guiana.
Piperaceae are common in the Neotropics and represented by herbs, subshrubs, shrubs, or rarely lianas.
A total of 942 fecal samples with fruits/seeds were gathered and 147 of them contained seeds of 12 species of Piperaceae.
www.2003.botanyconference.org /engine/search/detail.php?aid=438   (314 words)

  
 Phylogeny and patterns of floral diversity in the genus Piper (Piperaceae) -- Jaramillo and Manos 88 (4): 706 -- ...
Chew, W.-L. 1972 The genus Piper (Piperaceae) in New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Australia, 1.
(Piperaceae) by an indigenous Kaxinawa community in Acre, Brazil: ethnobotany, ecology, phytochemistry and biological activity.
Howard, R. 1973 Notes on the Piperaceae of the Lesser Antilles.
www.amjbot.org /cgi/content/full/88/4/706   (4635 words)

  
 Piperaceae Home Page
The family Piperaceae belongs to superorder Nymphaeiflorae, order Piperales (Dahlgren) and comprises approximately 5 genera and 1400 species (Yunker, 1979).  The genera Piper and Peperomia are the most representative of Piperaceae (700 and 600 species, respectively).
It has been frequent in Piperaceae the presence of flavonoids, represented by flavones, dihydroflavones, chalcones and dihydroclacones.
Methoxyflavonoids are often isolated of Piperaceae but glycosyflavonoids are rare.
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 Piperaceae   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The Piperaceae family is native to pantropical climates, and usually consists of shrubs to small trees.
The Piperaceae family produces fl and white peppers, as well as kava, a narcotic beverage.
David James, a student at Michigan State, writes for The Michigan State Botany/ Greenhouse during the Spring semester of 2001 under a program established through The Michigan State Botany/ Greenhouse contact person John Mugg, and the American Thought and Language's Professor John Dowell.
www.msu.edu /~jamesda1/Piperaceae.html   (98 words)

  
 The efficacy of Piper nigrum (Piperaceae) extracts: Botanical alternatives for urban pest insect control   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Alternatives for insect control derived from plant extracts are growing in popularity due to recent bans on conventional insecticides.
The Piperaceae family offers several candidates, fl pepper Piper nigrum, being the most widely recognized.
Efficacy trials with an EC formulation of P. nigrum compared the concentrations required to knockdown several common insect pests of the home and garden.
esa.confex.com /esa/2002/techprogram/paper_6518.htm   (232 words)

  
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Piperaceae: Information/Images from the University of Hawaii - Manoa)
Piperaceae: Family treatment from Trees and Shrubs of the Andes of Ecuador
Piperaceae: Representatives from the Flora of East Africa (KEW)
www.csdl.tamu.edu /FLORA/cgi/gateway_family?fam=Piperaceae   (213 words)

  
 Pepper - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Look up pepper in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
The Piper genus, in the Piperaceae family, including:
Cubeb, Piper cubeba, also known as Java pepper
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pepper   (116 words)

  
 Piperaceae Home Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The family Piperaceae belongs to superorder Nymphaeiflorae, order Piperales (Dahlgren) and comprises approximately 5 genera and 1400 species.
The genera Piper and Peperomia are the most representative of Piperaceae (700 and 600 species, respectively).
The aim of my thesis work is the isolation and chemical characterization of substances with pharmacological properties of some Piperaceae species from Rio de Janeiro State.
www.sbq.org.br /PN-NET/Piperaceae   (302 words)

  
 Piper methysticum - Awa (Piperaceae) - Plants of Hawaii - Thumbnail Images   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Piper methysticum - Awa (Piperaceae) - Plants of Hawaii - Thumbnail Images
HEAR > USGS > Starr > Plants of Hawaii > Family Index > Species Index > Thumbnails > Slideshow
This page was created on November 01, 2002 by Starr, and was last updated on April 14, 2007 by Starr.
www.hear.org /starr/hiplants/images/thumbnails/html/piper_methysticum.htm   (51 words)

  
 Notes on Piperaceae of China
The following notes are a precursor to the account of the Piperaceae to be published in volume 4 of the Flora of China.
The Asian members of this family have been largely ignored by European taxonomists, and our studies have shown the need for a significant number of changes from the first floristic account of the family within China (Tseng in Chen et al., 1982).
Hunter, W. Remarks on the species of Pepper which are found on Prince of Wales Island.
flora.huh.harvard.edu /china/novon/gilbert9-2.html   (5031 words)

  
 Piperaceae (black pepper family)
The Piperaceae are shrubs, vines, or small trees found throughout subtropical and tropical regions.
Black pepper (Piper nigrum) is probably the most well known member of this family.
The following members of the Piperaceae family are growing at Montoso Gardens:
www.montosogardens.com /piperaceae.htm   (65 words)

  
 PIPER MARGINATUM - CAKE BUSH.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
A bushy shrub growing in moist, shady spots in the Amazon rainforest in Surinam.
Unlike other piperaceae species, this one is easy to recognize due to the typical heart-shaped leaves with 7 - 8 nerves which end in one point at the base.
Also easy to recognize for the strong anise smell.
www.tropilab.com /cakebush.html   (89 words)

  
 Piperaceae
[ Pinaceae ] [ Piperaceae ] [ Pittosporaceae ]
Vernacular names of plants within the Family Piperaceae
For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.
www.crescentbloom.com /plants/Familia/P/PIPERACEAE.htm   (67 words)

  
 The questionable affinities of Lactoris: evidence from branching pattern, inflorescence morphology, and stipule ...
Key Words: Aristolochiaceae • Chloranthaceae • cymes • Lactoris • leaf ontogeny • magnoliids •; monocotyledons • Piperaceae • Piperales •; sympodial growth
(Saururaceae and Piperaceae; e.g., Bentham and Hooker, 1880
Stipules in Piperaceae and Saururaceae form a ligule-like
www.amjbot.org /cgi/content/full/88/12/2143   (3414 words)

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