1984.000 Pilea Lindl.

Description of the genus

Annual or perennial herbs without stinging hairs. Stipules intrapetiolar, fused to the apex. Leaves opposite, petiolate, entire or serrate. Cystoliths linear. Inflorescences axillary or apparently terminal, unisexual or bisexual, bracteate at last when young. Male flowers (2-)3-4-merous. Female flowers usually 3-merous. Achene flattened.

Worldwide: 200 species in tropical and warm areas, excluding Australasia

Zimbabwe: 2 cultivated taxa.

Pilea microphylla

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SpeciesContent
cadierei Gagnep. & Guillaumin
microphylla (L.) Liebm.Description, Image

Other sources of information about Pilea:

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Pilea
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Pilea
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Pilea
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Pilea
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Pilea
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Pilea
JSTOR Plant Science: Pilea
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Pilea
Plants of the World Online: Pilea
Tropicos: Pilea
Wikipedia: Pilea

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-25

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2025). Flora of Zimbabwe: Cultivated plants: genus page: Pilea.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/cult/genus.php?genus_id=478, retrieved 2 April 2025

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