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🥰😋Capeba (Piperaceae)

PANC
Folha grande em formato de coração e de cor verde escuro.
July 20, 2025 at 12:30 AM
daisyhenry72.bsky.social
🥰 Pimenta-de-Macaco (Piper aduncum)

Família: Piperaceae

Arte das formigas 🐜🥰
Folha verde de pimenta-de-macaco cheia de buracos pequenos feitos pelas formigas
June 30, 2026 at 11:35 PM
daisyhenry72.bsky.social
🥰 Borboleta-do-manacá (Methona The misto)

Família: Nymphalidae
Borboleta preta com amarelo e detalhes brancos contornando suas asas sua antena é preta com amarelo na ponta e ela está relaxando em uma folha verde escuro de pimenta-de-macaco (Piper aduncum) da família Piperaceae 😍
September 23, 2026 at 11:32 PM
plazi-species.bsky.social
#NewSpecies!
Peperomia kauaiana
A newly discovered #piperaceae from #hawaii!

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/6C345A09-...
Publication: doi.org/10.3897/phyt...
#Phytokeys #PeperomiaKauaiana

#FAIRdata
#OA #ecology #taxonomy #nature #biodiversity #conservation #botany #wildflowers #flowers #plants
Peperomia kauaiana, fertile plant in situ.
January 16, 2026 at 7:40 AM
kuriva.im
I've had and enjoyed pepper (piperaceae) and pepper (capsicum) vodka so that sounds good to me
April 14, 2025 at 2:55 AM
scottzona.bsky.social
Endosperm is triploid (a unique character in Flowering Plants), but in a few lineages, the endosperm’s job is taken over by the perisperm, a diploid maternal tissue surrounding the megaspore. A classic example of perisperm is Piper nigrum. #cotyledon #Piperaceae #Botany 🌾🧪🌱
Close-up photo of a group of dried black pepper fruits on a wooden surface. Each fruit has a thin, wrinkled fleshy part, surrounding a large stone (endocarp), which contains a single seed. A few fruits are cut in half to show the white storage tissue of the seed.
March 13, 2026 at 11:16 AM
aauerbach.bsky.social
Pumpkin cheesecake- Cucurbitaceae,
Orchidaceae, Poaceae, Juglandaceae, Zingiberaceae,
Myristicaceae, Lauraceae, Myrtaceae

Brussels sprouts- Brassicaceae, Asteraceae, Oleaceae, Solanaceae, Lythraceae, Piperaceae, Sapindaceae

Mulled cider- lots of overlap with cheesecake, + Rosaceae, Schisandraceae
November 28, 2025 at 4:43 AM
bagelsofdoom.bsky.social
Peperomia dolabriformis

#Peperomia #Piperaceae 🌱
April 25, 2026 at 10:22 AM
skunkcabbages.bsky.social
Ulmaceae (slippery elm)
Scrophulariaceae (mullein)
Piperaceae (black pepper)
Araceae (taro)
Arecaceae (coconut)
Cactaceae (dragonfruit)
November 29, 2024 at 1:34 AM
botjlinnsoc.bsky.social
Piper dispersed from South America first to Southern Africa, then on to South East Asia, where it spread across the Wallace & Lydekker's lines several times! Intrigued? The full paper can be found here: doi.org/10.1093/botl... (2/2) @linneansociety.bsky.social
Origin and biogeographical history of Palaeotropical Piper (Piperaceae): multiple long-distance dispersals from South America initiated during the Middle Eocene climatic optimum
Abstract. Piper is the largest genus of Piperaceae and second largest in the angiosperms, but the biogeography and timing of its global radiation has not y
doi.org
November 4, 2025 at 5:35 PM
scottzona.bsky.social
Leaf vocabulary 2: PELTATE means shield-shaped & describes the attachment of the petiole to the ± middle (rather than the edge) of the blade, as in Peperomia hernandiifolia. The petiole attaches to the back of the blade where the leaf veins originate. #Piperaceae #botany 🌾🧪🌱
Photo of a group of leaves. Each leaf is ovate with an acute apex. The petiole attaches on the underside of the blade near the center. On the upper side of the blade, the point of attachment is indicated by a pale central spot from which all the veins originate. Photo by Scott Zona CC BY-NC 2.
January 6, 2025 at 5:01 PM
scottzona.bsky.social
At maturity, the inflorescences of Piper (#Piperaceae) become fleshy with tiny seeds embedded in the flesh. They stand proud of the foliage & are easily accessed by passing bats, who disperse the seeds. 📷: Piper auritum. 🦇 #TropicalBotany #BatWeek #botany 🌾🧪🌱
Photo of leafy shoots with erect, fleshy spikes held above the foliage. Scott Zona CC BY-NC 2.0.
October 31, 2024 at 10:30 AM
stephenbheard.bsky.social
Toasting spices for xawash powder (a Somali spice mix) and the #Botany smells really good...

Cinnamon, Cinnamomum verum (Lauraceae)
Cumin, Cuminum cyminum (Apiaceae)
Coriander, Coriandrum sativum (Apiaceae)
Black pepper, Piper nigrum (Piperaceae)

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(1/2)
A small saucepan on a stove burner with the listed spices. The cumin seed is beginning to redden while the coriander is still light tan-yellow; the peppercorns stand out dark, dark brown.
May 4, 2024 at 4:42 PM
botjlinnsoc.bsky.social
Piper (no, not the magical man who tamed the rats) is the largest genus of Piperaceae & second largest angiosperm, yet its biogeography & global radiation still requires research. Here, phylogenetic analysis investigated divergence time, revealing it spread to mainland Africa twice! (1/2)🌍 🧪 👇
November 4, 2025 at 5:35 PM
anurag-asclepias.bsky.social
Peruvian Peppertree (Schinus molle, #Anacardiaceae, along with cashew & mango)... An ornamental in So. Calif, it's dioecious, and pink "peppercorn" fruits are blended w/ black pepper (Piperaceae). Known to be allergenic and somewhat poisonous depending on the dose. #NaturalHistory #Botany
Adult Peruvian Peppertree with shaggy bark Macro of flowers Macro flower showing immature fruits Pink peppercorn fruits matured on the tree
February 17, 2025 at 2:52 PM
bionomia.net
John Kunkel Small https://bionomia.net/Q2590065 collected the holotype PIPERACEAE: Peperomia cumulicola Small in United States https://gbif.org/occurrence/1928364481 #TypeSpecimenToday
Image of the holotype PIPERACEAE: Peperomia cumulicola Small. The New York Botanical Garden http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
November 30, 2025 at 8:30 AM
scottzona.bsky.social
Just like the Piper (#Piperaceae) in yesterday’s post, the unrelated Cecropia (#Urticaceae) has tiny seeds embedded in a fleshy inflorescence. Birds love these soft, squishy fruits (they’re like a vegetarian caterpillar) as do bats, which disperse the seeds. 🦇 #TropicalBotany #BatWeek #botany 🌾🧪
Photo of a leafy branch. Short, finger-like spikes of tiny flowers are borne in the leaf axils. Scott Zona CC BY-NC 2.0.
November 1, 2024 at 10:30 AM
rlinares.bsky.social
How beautiful is this new #Piper #species! Just look at those #leaves! Rightfully named "saurodermus" 🦎

Closing the #Linnean #shortfall! 💪💪
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doi.org/10.1007/s122...
Piper saurodermus (Piperaceae), a new peltate-leaved species restricted to the tropical rainforest of southern Mexico - Kew Bulletin
Piper saurodermus (Piperaceae), a new peltate-leaved species endemic to Mexico, is described and illustrated. In the context of the genus, the new species presents a unique combination of morphologica...
doi.org
January 26, 2025 at 2:18 AM
bionomia.net
Charles Frederick Millspaugh https://bionomia.net/Q2585363 collected the holotype PIPERACEAE: Peperomia crassiuscula Millsp. in Mexico https://gbif.org/occurrence/1228503109 #TypeSpecimenToday
Image of the holotype PIPERACEAE: Peperomia crassiuscula Millsp.. Field Museum of Natural History (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
February 27, 2025 at 8:30 AM
rlinares.bsky.social
#Peperomia #taxonomy #Ecuador #Peru doi.org/10.2985/026....
Disentangling the Peperomia dolabriformis species complex
Uno de los subgéneros más llamativos del género gigante Peperomia (Piperaceae) es Fenestratae, con casi todas sus especies con hojas suculentas, comprimidas verticalmente y con tejidos transparentes (...
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April 21, 2025 at 1:34 AM
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Eleven ‘pipers piping’ can be replacedby the entire genus Piper of the Piperaceae,including the spice plant pepper (Pipernigrum). Source: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41477-019-0574-x
January 4, 2025 at 9:00 AM
gregburton.bsky.social
Piperaceae are not capiscum.
June 26, 2026 at 9:28 PM
tbbw1.bsky.social
I don't know a lot about plants. I'm not a plant daddy, I'm a home cook.

But I do know that the entire family of Solanaceae - nightshades - are toxic, and few of the parts are edible. Potato, tomato, etc.

Thai pepper plants aka Piperaceae 𝘗𝘪𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘱. ARE NOT THE SAME AS TOXIC Solanaceae 𝘊𝘢𝘱𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘮 𝘴𝘱.
July 1, 2025 at 8:59 AM
rbgkew.bsky.social
🧪 Researchers traced the evolutionary history of Piper (yes, the black pepper genus) using molecular phylogenies and biogeographic modelling.
Turns out they have crossed oceans and radiated independently across the Old World tropics, especially Southeast Asia.
This is deep-time plant migration!
Maximum likelihood tree of Piperaceae from RAxML analysis. ML tree obtained from a supermatrix consisting of 259 concatenated alignments with a minimum length of 200 bp. Bootstrap percentages (BP) indicated above branches. Percentages of 50 and below are not shown. Clades are indicated by letters (A–Z) and assigned to geographic regions. East of the Wallace's Line (EWL); West of the Wallace's Line (WWL)
May 12, 2025 at 10:13 AM
docs41.bsky.social
The chestnut short-tailed bat (Carollia castanea) is a bat species from South and Central America. The species is often confused with the Benkeith's short-tailed bat. It is a mainly frugivorous species that has been known to consume insects (its favorite food being piperaceae). To determine which
December 19, 2025 at 9:06 PM