| Common Names - Pepper and Lizard's-tail Families | Synonyms - |
| Authority - C.A. Agardh. or Giseke. | Total Number of genera - 12 |
| Gymnosperm or Angiosperm? - Angiosperm | Total Number of species - 3000 |
| Plant forms - Small trees,shrubs, liane/Herb | |
| World Distribution - Tropical areas; South America | |
| Comments - Shrubs, sometimes lianes, herbs or small trees. | |
| 1 - Archtottonia. 2 - Micropiper. 3 - Peperomia. 4 - Piper. 5 - Pothomorphe. 6 - Sarcorhachis. 7 - Trianaeopiper. 8 - Zippelia. |