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Urticaceae
Pilea

not marked as a favorite taxon Pilea Lindley. Common name: Clearweed.

Key to Pilea

A genus of about 700 species, annual and perennial herbs, nearly cosmopolitan in tropical and warm temperate regions of the Old World and the New World. All species in our region (native and introduced) are included in section Pilea, in the sense of Fu et al. (2022).

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References: Boufford (1997) In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (1997); Floden & Engelhardt (2019); Friis (1993) In Kubitzki, Rohwer, & Bittrich (1993); Fu et al. (2022). Show full citations.

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image #1 of Pilea© Gary P. Fleming | Pilea fontana | Original Image ⭷
image #2 of Pilea© Aidan Campos | Pilea microphylla var. microphylla source | Original Image ⭷
image #3 of Pilea© Gary P. Fleming | Pilea pumila | Original Image ⭷
image #4 of Pilea© Bruce A. Sorrie | Pilea pumila | Original Image ⭷

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