Pilea

Pilea
Diversity of the genus Pilea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Urticaceae
Tribe: Elatostemateae
Genus: Pilea
Lindl. (1821)
Species[1]

606; see text

Synonyms[1]
  • Adicea Raf. (1824)
  • Adike Raf. (1836)
  • Chamaecnide Nees & Mart. ex Miq. (1853)
  • Dubrueilia Gaudich. (1830)
  • Haroldiella J.Florence (1997)
  • Neopilea Leandri (1950)
  • Sarcopilea Urb. (1912)
  • Therebina Noronha (1790), nom. nud.

Pilea, with 600–715 species, is the largest genus of flowering plants in the nettle family Urticaceae.

It is distributed throughout the tropics, subtropics, and warm temperate regions (with the exception of Australia and New Zealand).

  1. ^ a b Pilea Lindl. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 12 April 2024.