# Piparea

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{{Short description|Genus of plants}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| taxon = Piparea
| authority = [Aubl.](/source/Jean_Baptiste_Christophore_Fus%C3%A9e_Aublet)
| type_species = ''[Piparea dentata](/source/Piparea_dentata)''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tropicos |url=https://www.tropicos.org/name/40009185 |access-date=2025-03-18 |website=www.tropicos.org}}</ref>
| type_species_authority = [Aubl.](/source/Jean_Baptiste_Christophore_Fus%C3%A9e_Aublet)
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = 3; see text
| synonyms = * ''Chaetocrater'' <small>[Raf.](/source/Constantine_Samuel_Rafinesque)</small>
| synonyms_ref = <ref name="POWO" />
}}

'''''Piparea''''' is a genus of [flowering plant](/source/flowering_plant)s belonging to the family [Salicaceae](/source/Salicaceae).<ref name="POWO">{{cite web |title=Piparea Aubl. {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:36140-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=20 May 2021 |language=en}}</ref>

Its native range is Southern Mexico to Southern Tropical America.<ref name="POWO" />

== Known species ==
The following [species](/source/species) are accepted by [Plants of the World Online](/source/Plants_of_the_World_Online):<ref name="POWO" />
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*''[Piparea dentata](/source/Piparea_dentata)'' {{small|[Aubl.](/source/Jean_Baptiste_Christophore_Fus%C3%A9e_Aublet)}}
*''[Piparea multiflora](/source/Piparea_multiflora)'' {{small|[C.F.Gaertn.](/source/Karl_Friedrich_von_Gaertner)}}
*''[Piparea spruceana](/source/Piparea_spruceana)'' {{small|([Benth.](/source/George_Bentham) ex [Eichler](/source/August_W._Eichler)) [T.Samar.](/source/Tharangamala_Samarakoon) & [M.H.Alford](/source/Mac_Haverson_Alford)}}
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==References==
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Category:Piparea
Category:Salicaceae
Category:Salicaceae genera

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