
pepper plant family
Piperaceae
The Piperaceae, also known as the pepper family, are a large family of flowering plants. The group contains roughly 3,600 currently accepted species in 13 genera. The vast majority of peppers can be found within the two main genera: Piper (2000 species) and Peperomia (1600 species).
5 branches of this family, most-observed first

pepper plants
genusPiper

radiator plants
genusPeperomia

Manekia
genusManekia

Zippelia
genusZippelia
Verhuellia
genusVerhuellia
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 71604.