Piperaceae

family of plants
Taxon taxon Q156522
Piperaceae
Franz Eugen Köhler, Köhler's Medizinal-Pflanzen · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Summary

Piperaceae is a taxon[1]. Piperaceae ranks in the top 0.75% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,012 views/month, #1,473 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: family[3]
  • Parent taxon: Micrembryeae[4], Piperales[5]
  • Taxon name: Piperaceae[6]
  • Commons category: Piperaceae[7]
  • Taxonomic type: Piper[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Piperaceae[9]
  • Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[10], Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 20(1)[11], New International Encyclopedia[12]
  • Taxon synonym: Peperomiaceae[13]
  • GRIN URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomyfamily.aspx?id=881[14]
  • Taxon common name: Pipralised[15], Pippurikasvit[16], Borsfélék[17], Piperacee[18], Пипери[19], Karabibergiller[20], 후추과[21], Pepper family[22], 胡椒科[23], peppers[24], poprovke[25]
  • Uses: CAM photosynthesis[26]

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Identifiers

Piperaceae's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 71604[27]. Piperaceae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 16739[28]. Piperaceae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 4351[29]. Piperaceae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 6678[30]. Piperaceae's ITIS TSN is recorded as 18224[31].

Why It Matters

Piperaceae has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] Piperaceae is known by 52 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Genera plantarum ad exemplaria imprimis in herbariis kewensibus servata definita. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [28] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [31] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [29] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [30] ↑ . 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] ↑ . 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] ↑ . Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 20(1). wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . A Dictionary of Plant Sciences (4th edition). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [26] ↑ . Physiological Ecology of Tropical Plants. wikidata.org.
  29. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 8w ago · Yapy28 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Interlingual index id → i105746
    Wordnet 3.1 synset id → 13169574-n
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/47825|batch #47825]]: OENN batch"
  2. 15w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → peppers
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: peppers, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289954337|peppers (#289954337)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'm"
  3. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon → Micrembryeae, Piperales
    Taxon synonym → Peperomiaceae
    Taxon rank → family
    Instance of → taxon
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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