Piper nigrum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Piperales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Magnoliids Ordo: Piperales

Familia: Piperaceae
Subfamilia: Piperoideae
Genus: Piper
Species: Piper nigrum

Piper nigrum L. (1753)

Heterotypic
- Muldera multinervis Miq. in London J. Bot. 5: 558 (1846)
- Muldera wightiana Miq. in London J. Bot. 5: 557 (1846)
- Piper aromaticum Lam. in Tabl. Encycl. 1: 79 (1791)
- Piper baccatum C.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16(1): 242 (1869), nom. illeg.
- Piper colonum C.Presl in Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss., ser. 5, 3: 542 (1845)
- Piper denudatum Opiz in C.B.Presl, Reliq. Haenk. 1: 158 (1828)
- Piper glabrispica C.DC. in Fragm. Fl. Philipp. 1: 155 (1905)
- Piper glyphicum Hoffmanns. ex Kunth in Linnaea 13: 573 (1840)
- Piper laxum Vahl in Enum. Pl. Obs. 1: 326 (1804)
- Piper malabarense C.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16(1): 242 (1869)
- Piper nigricans Willd. ex Link in Jahrb. Gewächsk. 1(3): 60 (1820)
- Piper nigrum var. hirtellosum Asokan Nair & Ravindran in J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 10: 167 (1987 publ. 1988)
- Piper nigrum var. trioicum (Roxb.) C.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16(1): 363 (1869)
- Piper rotundum Noronha in Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunsten 5(4): 23 (1790), nom. nud.
- Piper trioicum Roxb. in Fl. Ind. 1: 153 (1820)
- Rhyncholepis haeankeana Miq. in Syst. Piperac.: 284 (1843), nom. superfl.

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia-tropical
- Regional: Indian subcontinent
  - India
- Introduced into:
  - Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Cambodia, Cameroon, Caroline Is., China South-Central, China Southeast, Comoros, Cook Is., Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Ethiopia, French Guiana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Haiti, Honduras, Laos, Leeward Is., Marianas, Mauritius, Mexico Gulf, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Puerto Rico, Réunion, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Trinidad-Tobago, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Windward Is.

Das, A.P., Samanta, A.K. & Biswas, K. (2010). A census of Piper L. (Piperaceae) in Terai, Duars and the hills of Darjeeling and Sikkim Himalayas. Pleione 4: 33-41.

Mansfeld's World Database of Agriculture and Horticultural Crops (1998 onwards) IPK Gatersleben. Accessed: 20013 03 29.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Piper nigrum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2025 June 21. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2025. Piper nigrum. Published online. Accessed June 21 2025. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2025. Piper nigrum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 21 June 2025. Reference page.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Piper nigrum in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service.