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Definition of Order Piperales
1. Noun. Piperaceae; Saururaceae; Chloranthaceae.
Generic synonyms: Plant Order
Group relationships: Class Dicotyledonae, Class Dicotyledones, Class Magnoliopsida, Dicotyledonae, Dicotyledones, Magnoliopsida
Member holonyms: Family Piperaceae, Pepper Family, Piperaceae, Chloranthaceae, Family Chloranthaceae, Family Saururaceae, Lizard's-tail Family, Saururaceae
Lexicographical Neighbors of Order Piperales
Literary usage of Order Piperales
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Flora of Pennsylvania by Thomas Conrad Porter (1903)
"Order PIPERALES. 98 Flowers axillary : styles present. Callitrichaceae in Order
GERANIALES. 192 Seeds numerous in each cavity of the ovary : endosperm ..."
2. A College Text-book of Botany: Being an Enlargement of the Author's by George Francis Atkinson (1905)
"... confined to tropical seacoasts (example, Casuarina). 1200. order Piperales
includes the lizard's-tail family (Sau- ..."
3. A College Text-book of Botany: Being an Enlargement of the Author's by George Francis Atkinson (1905)
"... confined to tropical seacoasts (example, Casuarina). 1200. order Piperales
includes the lizard's-tail family (Sau- ..."
4. Text-book of Botany and Pharmacognosy by Henry Kraemer (1908)
"I. order Piperales. The plants of this order are mostly tropical herbs and shrubs
and possess very small flowers ..."
5. Applied and Economic Botany: Especially Adapted for the Use of Students in by Henry Kraemer (1914)
"I. order Piperales. The plants of this order are mostly tropical herbs and shrubs
and possess very small flowers which have neither petals nor sepals. ..."
6. Flora of Miami: Being Descriptions of the Seed-plants Growing Naturally on by John Kunkel Small (1913)
"Order PIPERALES. Herbs of wet or moist places, usually with rootstocks, or shrubs
or trees. Leaves with simple blades. Flowers perfect or unisexual. ..."
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