Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Piper Pepper Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae Subkingdom: Tracheobionta Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Subclass: Asteridae Order: Piperales Family: Piperaceae Genus: Piper Species P. nigrum, black/white/green pepper P. betle, betel P. cubeba, cubeb P. longum, long pepper P. methysticum, kava P. retrofractum, long pepper Piper is a genus of plants containing the common table seasoning black pepper and the medicinal plant kava kava. Piper is also a common nickname for The New Piper Aircraft company. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.