Pilea
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Pilea, with 600–715 species, is the largest genus of flowering plants in the nettle family Urticaceae.
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Pilea | |
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Diversity of the genus Pilea | |
Scientific 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] | |
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It is distributed throughout the tropics, subtropics, and warm temperate regions (with the exception of Australia and New Zealand).