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Piperales

The Piperales are an order of flowering plants, comprising the two families:

Family Piperaceae[?] (pepper family)
Family Saururaceae[?]

The Aristolochiales are close relatives of the Piperales, and may be included here. Under the Cronquist system the family Chloranthaceae[?] was also placed here.

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