Piperaceae

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Macropiper

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Peperomia

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Piper

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Sarcorhachis

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Trianaeopiper

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Zippelia

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Lepianthes

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Potomorphe

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Ottonia

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The Piperaceae is a plant family which includes more than 2000 species divided into eight genera. They are woody shrubs or small trees from tropical areas, part of the pepper family.

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Plant: Land plants (embryophytes)Non-vascular plants (bryophytes)Hepaticophyta - liverwortsAnthocerotophyta - hornwortsBryophyta - mossesVascular plants (tracheophytes)Lycopodiophyta - clubmossesEquisetophyta - horsetailsPteridophyta - "true" fernsPsilotophyta - whisk fernsOphioglossophyta - adderstonguesS...

Woody: Woody is used :...

Pepper: There are several completely different plants referred to by the name of pepper; most are used in food for the "hot" sensation that the chemical piperine or capsaicin induces on the tongue....