Pilea microphylla

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Internal ID	UUID644000eff3426543129526
Scientific name	Pilea microphylla
Authority	(L.) Liebm.
First published in	Mexic. Neldeagt. Pl. : 18 (1851)

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Scientific name	Authority	First published in
Urtica portulacoides	Spreng.	Neue Entdeck. Pflanzenk. 3: 21 (1822)
Urtica herniarifolia	Willd.	Sp. Pl., ed. 4 , 4: 359 (1805)
Urtica microphylla	(L.) Sw.	Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Handl. 8: 66 (1787)
Pilea subcrenata	Blume	Mus. Bot. 2: 54 (1856)
Pilea aripoensis	Britton	Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 50: 51 (1923)
Parietaria microphylla	L.	Syst. Nat. ed. 10 , 2: 1308 (1759)
Pilea muscosa	Lindl.	Coll. Bot. : t. 4 (1821)
Pilea herniarifolia	Blume	Mus. Bot. 2: 44 (1856)
Adicea microphylla	Kuntze	Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 622 (1891)
Chamaecnide microphylla	Nees ex Miq.	Fl. Bras. 4(1): 203 (1853)
Dubrueilia microphylla	(L.) Gaudich. in Freyc.	Voy. Uranie : 495 (1830)
Pilea portula	Liebm.	Kongel. Danske Vidensk. Selsk. Skr., Naturvidensk. Math. Afd. 2: 297. 1851
Pilea succulenta	Hook.f.	Trans. Linn. Soc. London 20: 182. 1847
Pilea microphylla var. longifolia	Wedd.	Prodr. 16(1): 106 (1869)
Pilea peperomifolia	Liebm.	Mexic. Neldeagt. Pl. : 13 (1851)
Pilea portulacina	Blume	Mus. Bot. 2: 45 (1856)
Urtica portulacina	Spreng.	Syst. Veg. 3: 838 (1826)
Pilea trianthemoides var. microphylla	(L.) Wedd.	Prodr. 16(1): 107 (1869)
Pilea muscosa var. microphylla	(L.) Wedd.	Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. 9: 174 (1856)

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Language	Common/alternative name
English	rockweed
Spanish	helecho de arroz
Bengali	বারুদ উদ্ভিদ
gor	katumpangan
Indonesian	katumpangan
Japanese	コゴメミズ
Malayalam	പൈലിയ മൈക്രോഫില്ല
Swedish	mosspilea
Chinese	透明草
Chinese	小叶冷水花
Chinese	小葉冷水麻
Chinese	小叶冷水麻
Chinese	小葉冷水花

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Name	Authority	First published in
Pilea microphylla var. domingensis	(Groult) Acev.-Rodr.	Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 98: 925 (2012)
Pilea microphylla var. succulenta	Griseb.	Fl. Brit. W. I. : 155 (1859)
Pilea microphylla var. microphylla
Pilea microphylla var. nanophylla	Groult	Compt. Rend. Acad. Sci. Paris, Ser. 3, Sci. Vie 322: 819 (-822). 1999

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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

• Africa click to expand
  • East Tropical Africa
    • Tanzania
  • Macaronesia
    • Madeira
  • Southern Africa
    • Kwazulu-Natal
  • West Tropical Africa
    • Benin
    • Gambia
    • Guinea
    • Guinea-Bissau
    • Liberia
    • Nigeria
    • Senegal
    • Sierra Leone
  • West-central Tropical Africa
    • Burundi
    • Cameroon
    • Gabon
    • Gulf Of Guinea Islands
    • Rwanda
    • Zaïre
  • Western Indian Ocean
    • Chagos Archipelago
    • Comoros
    • Mauritius
    • Réunion
    • Seychelles

• Asia-temperate click to expand
  • China
    • China South-central
    • China Southeast
    • Hainan
  • Eastern Asia
    • Nansei-shoto

• Asia-tropical click to expand
  • Indian Subcontinent
    • Bangladesh
    • India
    • Maldives
    • Pakistan
    • Sri Lanka
  • Indo-China
    • Andaman Islands
    • Laos
    • Nicobar Nicobar
    • Vietnam
  • Malesia
    • Lesser Sunda Islands
    • Malaya
  • Papuasia
    • Solomon Islands

• Australasia click to expand
  • Australia
    • Norfolk Island

• Europe click to expand
  • Southeastern Europe
    • Greece
    • Yugoslavia

• Northern America click to expand
  • Mexico
    • Mexico Central
    • Mexico Gulf
    • Mexico Northeast
    • Mexico Northwest
    • Mexico Southeast
    • Mexico Southwest
  • Southeastern U.S.A.
    • Alabama
    • Florida
    • Georgia
    • Louisiana
    • South Carolina

• Pacific click to expand
  • North-central Pacific
    • Hawaii
  • Northwestern Pacific
    • Caroline Islands
    • Marianas
    • Marshall Islands
  • South-central Pacific
    • Cook Islands
    • Line Islands
    • Marquesas
    • Society Islands
    • Tuamotu
    • Tubuai Islands
  • Southwestern Pacific
    • Fiji
    • Gilbert Islands
    • Nauru
    • New Caledonia
    • Niue
    • Samoa
    • Santa Cruz Island
    • Tokelau-manihiki
    • Tonga
    • Tuvalu
    • Vanuatu
    • Wallis-Futuna Islands

• Southern America click to expand
  • Brazil
    • Brazil North
    • Brazil Northeast
    • Brazil South
    • Brazil Southeast
    • Brazil West-central
  • Caribbean
    • Bahamas
    • Bermuda
    • Cayman Islands
    • Cuba
    • Dominican Republic
    • Haiti
    • Jamaica
    • Leeward Islands
    • Netherlands Antilles
    • Puerto Rico
    • Southwest Caribbean
    • Trinidad-Tobago
    • Venezuelan Antilles
    • Windward Islands
  • Central America
    • Belize
    • Central American Pacific
    • Costa Rica
    • El Salvador
    • Guatemala
    • Honduras
    • Panamá
  • Northern South America
    • French Guiana
    • Guyana
    • Suriname
    • Venezuela
  • Southern South America
    • Argentina Northeast
  • Western South America
    • Bolivia
    • Colombia
    • Ecuador
    • Galápagos
    • Peru

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Database	ID/link to page
World Flora Online	wfo-0000473246
Florida Plant Atlas	729
Flora of Alabama	3651
USDA Plants	PIMI2
Tropicos	33400332
INPN	447657
Flora of Italy	12637
KEW	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1162156-2
The Plant List	kew-2546452
Missouri Botanical Garden	287423
Open Tree Of Life	641818
Observations.org	134222
NCBI Taxonomy	226284
NBN Atlas	NBNSYS0200002886
Nature Serve	2.141193
IPNI	1162156-2
iNaturalist	69172
GBIF	5361841
Freebase	/m/02xd0xv
EPPO	PILMI
EOL	594953
Elurikkus	528564
USDA GRIN	101575
Wikipedia	Pilea_microphylla

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