Piperales

Aristolochia ( Aristolochia clematitis )

The pepper -like ( Piperales ) are an order of plants in the informal group of Magnoliopsida. It contains five families.

Description

There are woody or herbaceous plants. The simple leaves often have glands that secrete essential oils. Leaf blades often have a hand-shaped ( palmate ) Vein.

The inflorescences are racemose ährig up.

The flowers of Piperales fall by the lack of perianther flower organs. This is forming the dust and carpels are unprotected, existing in most Eudikotyledonen Calyx and Corolla are absent in this order. The pollen grains are usually monosulcat.

System

The pepper -like ( Piperales ) five plant families are assigned:

  • Osterluzeigewächse ( Aristolochiaceae )
  • Pepper family ( Piperaceae )
  • Lizard's tail plants ( Saururaceae )
  • Hydnoraceae
  • Lactoridaceae

Swell

  • The order in APWebsite ( section systematics and description)
  • Andreas Bresinsky, Christian Körner, Joachim W. Kadereit, Gunther Neuhaus, Uwe Sonnewald: Strasburger - Textbook of botany. Founded by E. Strasburger. Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, Heidelberg 2008 ( 36th edition) ISBN 978-3-8274-1455-7 851 pp. ( Description section )
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