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Genus: Pilea Life
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Family:
Urticaceae
About 250 species, native to tropical and subtropical regions
but not Australia and New Zealand. Four species are native to southern
Africa, Pilea microphylla is naturalised, and a further three species are
cultivated in the region.
Species native to southern Africa
List from
Plants of
southern Africa - an online checklist (SANBI),
Flora of Zimbabwe
and Flora of
Mozambique.
Pilea johnstonii
Recorded from Zimbabwe and Mozambique. See
Flora of Zimbabwe. |
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Pilea rivularis |
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Pilea tetraphylla
Recorded from Zimbabwe. |
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Pilea usambarensis
Recorded from Zimbabwe. |
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Species naturalised in southern Africa
List from
Plants of
southern Africa - an online checklist (SANBI).
Pilea microphylla (Artillery
plant)
Native from Mexico to Brazil. See
Flora of Zimbabwe. |
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Other species, cultivated in southern Africa
List from Glen (2002).
Pilea cardieri (Aluminium plant)
Native to Vietnam. |
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Pilea involucrata
Native to central America and South America. |
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Pilea repens
(Blackleaf-panamigo)
Native to the West Indies. |
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