Pilea
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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Pilea

artillery plant
clearweed
creeping charlie
musgo
verdolaguilla

Hierarchical position of the Genus Pilea

   Regnum  Plantae
common name: The plant kingdom
  
   Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist
syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta
pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
common name: angiosperms, flowering plants
  
   Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal
pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
common name: Angiosperms
  
   Classis  Rosopsida Batsch
pub. Dispos. Gen. Pl. Jenens.: 28. 1788.
  
   Subclassis  Dilleniidae Takht. ex Reveal & Tahkt.
pub. 1993
  
   SuperOrdo  Urticanae Takht. ex Reveal
pub. Novon 2: 237. 1992.
  
   Ordo  Urticales Dumort.
pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 15. 1829.
  
   Familia  Urticaceae Juss.
pub. Gen. Pl.: 400. 4 Aug 1789.
common name: Nettles
  
   Genus  Pilea Lindl.
common name: clearweed

Named members of the Genus Pilea

1
   Species  depressa (Sw.) Blume
common name: depressed clearweed
2
   Species  fontana (Lunell) Rydb.
common name: lesser clearweed
3
   Species  herniarioides (Sw.) Lindl.
common name: Caribbean clearweed
4
   Species  inaequalis (Juss. ex Poir.) Weddell
common name: West Indian clearweed
5
   Species  involucrata (Sims) Urban
6
   Species  krugii Urban
common name: Krug's clearweed
7
   Species  leptophylla Urban
common name: Puerto Rico clearweed
8
   Species  margarettiae Britt.
common name: Margarett's clearweed
9
   Species  microphylla (L.) Liebm.
 
10
   Varietas  trianthemoides (Sw.) Griseb.
syn. Pilea trianthemoides
11
   Species  multicaulis Urban
common name: Liquillo Mountain clearweed
12
   Species  nummulariifolia (Sw.) Weddell
common name: creeping charlie
13
   Species  obtusata Liebm.
syn. Pilea inaequalis
14
   Species  opaca (Lunell) Rydb.
syn. Pilea fontana
15
   Species  parietaria (L.) Blume
common name: verdolaguilla
16
   Species  peploides (Gaud.) Hook. & Arn.
 
17
   Varietas  major Hbd.
syn. Pilea peploides
18
   Species  pumila (L.) Gray
 
19
   Varietas  deamii (Lunell) Fern.
common name: Deam's clearweed
20
   Varietas  pumila
common name: Canadian clearweed
21
   Species  repens (Sw.) Weddell
syn. Pilea inaequalis
22
   Species  richardii Urban
common name: Richard's clearweed
23
   Species  rivoriae Weddell
24
   Species  sanctae-crucis Liebm.
common name: Virgin Island clearweed
25
   Species  semidentata (Juss. ex Poir.) Weddell
common name: cliffside clearweed
26
   Species  serpyllifolia (Poir.) Weddell
syn. Pilea trianthemoides
27
   Species  tenerrima Miq.
common name: musgo
28
   Species  trianthemoides (Sw.) Lindl.
common name: artillery plant
29
   Species  yunquensis (Urban) Britt. & Wilson
common name: mountain clearweed

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.

 

Last reviewed November 01, 2004   

 

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