Piper

genus of plants
Taxon taxon Q159536
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Piper

Summary

Piper is a taxon[1]. Piper ranks in the top 0.77% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (522 views/month, #1,511 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Piper's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Piper is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Piper belongs to the parent taxon Piperaceae[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Piper is Piper[6].
  • Piper's Commons category is recorded as Piper[7].
  • The taxonomic type of Piper is Piper nigrum[8].
  • Piper's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Piper (plant)[9].
  • Piper's Commons gallery is recorded as Piper[10].
  • Piper's described by source is recorded as Nordisk familjebok[11].
  • Piper's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 20(1)[12].
  • Piper's described by source is recorded as The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[13].
  • Piper's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=9421[14].
  • Piper is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'pepper'}[15].
  • Piper is commonly known as {'lang': 'da', 'text': 'Peber-slægten'}[16].
  • Piper is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Pfeffer'}[17].
  • Piper is commonly known as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Pimienta'}[18].
  • Piper is commonly known as {'lang': 'et', 'text': 'Pipar'}[19].
  • Piper is commonly known as {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'Pippurit'}[20].
  • Piper is commonly known as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Poivre'}[21].
  • Piper is commonly known as {'lang': 'hu', 'text': 'bors'}[22].
  • Piper is commonly known as {'lang': 'mk', 'text': 'Пипер'}[23].
  • Piper is commonly known as {'lang': 'pl', 'text': 'Pieprz'}[24].
  • Piper is commonly known as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'Перец'}[25].
  • Piper is commonly known as {'lang': 'vi', 'text': 'Chi Hồ tiêu'}[26].
  • Piper is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '胡椒属'}[27].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Piper is Piper[6]. Piper is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Piper belongs to the parent taxon Piperaceae[5]. The taxonomic type of Piper is Piper nigrum[8]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'pepper'}[15], {'lang': 'da', 'text': 'Peber-slægten'}[16], {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Pfeffer'}[17], {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Pimienta'}[18], {'lang': 'et', 'text': 'Pipar'}[19], and {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'Pippurit'}[20].

Identifiers

Piper's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 83584[28]. Piper's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 13215[29]. Piper's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 52541[30]. Piper's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3075433[31]. Piper's ITIS TSN is recorded as 18301[32].

Why It Matters

Piper ranks in the top 0.77% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (522 views/month, #1,511 of 195,241).[2] Piper has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] Piper is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Genera Plantarum. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Genera Plantarum. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [29] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [32] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [30] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [31] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] . wikidata.org.
  28. [26] . wikidata.org.
  29. [27] . Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 20(1). wikidata.org.
  30. [28] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon Piperaceae
    Inaturalist taxon id 83584
    Taxon rank genus
    Instance of taxon
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007550914405171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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