Pilea trilobata

Pilea trilobata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Urticaceae
Genus: Pilea
Species:
P. trilobata
Binomial name
Pilea trilobata
Synonyms

Urtica trilobata Poiret

Pilea trilobata is an endemic Mauritian plant from the genus Pilea within the family Urticaceae. It was first described by botanist Hugh Algernon Weddell in 1854.[1] It was thought to be extinct since 1849 until it was rediscovered in April 2005 in the Corps de Garde Nature Reserve.[2]

References

  1. ^ Bosser, Jean: Flore des Mascareignes Vol. 161-169b (1985) Urticaceae - Ceratophylaceae, Coll., Botanical Garden of Kew (U.K.) & MNH
  2. ^ CBD Third National Report - Mauritius (English version)[permanent dead link‍]


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