Piperales is a botanical name for an order of flowering plants. It necessarily includes the family Piperaceae but otherwise has been treated variously over time. Well-known plants which may be included in this order include black pepper, kava, lizard's tail, birthwort, and wild ginger. In the APG II system, of 2003, this order is placed in the clade magnoliids and is circumscribed as follows: order Piperales : family Aristolochiaceae : family Hydnoraceae : family Lactoridaceae : family Pip… (More on Piperales)