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Internal ID UUID64404f6febc6e599755353
Scientific name Pilea pumila
Authority A.Gray
First published in Manual : 437 (1848)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Urtica fasciculata Savigny Encycl. 4: 640 (1798)
Adenia pumila (L.) Torr. Fl. New York 2: t. 122 (1843)
Adicea glabra Raf. First Cat. Gard. Transylv. Univ. : 13 (1824)
Adicea mongolica Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 623 (1891)
Adicea pumila Raf. ex Torr. Fl. New York 2: 223 (1843)
Adicea trinervia Raf. ex Torr. Fl. New York 2: 223 (1843)
Adike pumila Raf. New Fl. 1: 63 (1836)
Urtica pumila L. Sp. Pl. : 984 (1753)
Adicea deamii Lunell Amer. Midl. Naturalist 3: 10 (1913)
Dubrueilia pumila (L.) Gaudich. Voy. Uranie, Bot. 495. 1830 [6 Mar 1830]
Pilea pumila var. deamii (Lunell) Fernald Rhodora 38: 169. 1936

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Language Common/alternative name
English canada clearweed
English canadian clearweed
Japanese アオミズ
su daun kahitutan
Chinese 透茎冷水花
Chinese 透莖冷水麻
Chinese 透茎冷水麻
Chinese 透莖冷水花

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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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  • Northern America
    • Eastern Canada
      • New Brunswick
      • Ontario
      • Prince Edward Island
      • Québec
    • North-central U.S.A.
      • Illinois
      • Iowa
      • Kansas
      • Minnesota
      • Missouri
      • Nebraska
      • North Dakota
      • Oklahoma
      • South Dakota
      • Wisconsin
    • Northeastern U.S.A.
      • Connecticut
      • Indiana
      • Maine
      • Massachusetts
      • Michigan
      • New Hampshire
      • New Jersey
      • New York
      • Ohio
      • Pennsylvania
      • Rhode Island
      • Vermont
      • West Virginia
    • South-central U.S.A.
      • Texas
    • Southeastern U.S.A.
      • Alabama
      • Arkansas
      • Delaware
      • District Of Columbia
      • Florida
      • Georgia
      • Kentucky
      • Louisiana
      • Maryland
      • Mississippi
      • North Carolina
      • South Carolina
      • Tennessee
      • Virginia

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0001143418
Florida Plant Atlas 2185
Flora of Alabama 3652
Canadensys 9436
USDA Plants PIPU2
Tropicos 33400339
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:855701-1
The Plant List tro-33400339
Open Tree Of Life 1091023
Observations.org 515430
NCBI Taxonomy 24776
Nature Serve 2.154368
IPNI 855701-1
iNaturalist 125482
IFPNI 1EDD5AFC-2152-41AF-9640-C58D39BA4EF0
GBIF 5361818
Freebase /m/0g_2v0
WisFlora 4498
EPPO PILPU
EOL 594981
Elurikkus 6236
USDA GRIN 451093
Wikipedia Pilea_pumila
USDA Plants PIPUD
Tropicos 33400658
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:196351-2
The Plant List tro-33400658
Nature Serve 2.141147
IPNI 196351-2
iNaturalist 242243
GBIF 5671071

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Scientific Literature Top

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The Impact of Urbanization on Tree Growth and Xylem Anatomical Characteristics Gao X, Zhao B, Chen Z, Song W, Li Z, Wang X Biology (Basel) 27-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10669791
doi:10.3390/biology12111373
PMID:37997972
Differences of oribatid mite community and trophic structure between karst caves and surface different moss habitats Gong T, Yin X, Liu W, Chen H, Shi Z PLoS One 17-Aug-2023
PMCID:PMC10434907
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0290144
PMID:37590253
A test of native plant adaptation more than one century after introduction of the invasive Carpobrotus edulis to the NW Iberian Peninsula García C, Campoy JG, Retuerto R BMC Ecol Evol 28-Apr-2021
PMCID:PMC8080363
doi:10.1186/s12862-021-01785-x
PMID:33910522
An ethnobotanical study of forage plants in Zhuxi County in the Qinba mountainous area of central China Yang J, Luo J, Gan Q, Ke L, Zhang F, Guo H, Zhao F, Wang Y Plant Divers 04-Jan-2021
PMCID:PMC8233530
doi:10.1016/j.pld.2020.12.008
PMID:34195509
Novel insights into how the mean and heterogeneity of abiotic conditions together shape forb species richness patterns in the Allegheny plateau ecoregion Catella SA, Eysenbach SR, Abbott KC Ecol Evol 30-Sep-2019
PMCID:PMC6875668
doi:10.1002/ece3.5508
PMID:31788184
A regional assessment of white-tailed deer effects on plant invasion Averill KM, Mortensen DA, Smithwick EA, Kalisz S, McShea WJ, Bourg NA, Parker JD, Royo AA, Abrams MD, Apsley DK, Blossey B, Boucher DH, Caraher KL, DiTommaso A, Johnson SE, Masson R, Nuzzo VA AoB Plants 07-Dec-2017
PMCID:PMC5761582
doi:10.1093/aobpla/plx047
PMID:29340133
Humus soil as a critical driver of flora conversion on karst rock outcrops Zhu X, Shen Y, He B, Zhao Z Sci Rep 03-Oct-2017
PMCID:PMC5626776
doi:10.1038/s41598-017-13060-5
PMID:28974749
Novel fungi from an ancient niche: cercosporoid and related sexual morphs on ferns Guatimosim E, Schwartsburd PB, Barreto RW, Crous PW Persoonia 01-Feb-2016
PMCID:PMC5315284
doi:10.3767/003158516X690934
PMID:28232762
The case for character displacement in plants Beans CM Ecol Evol 14-Feb-2014
PMCID:PMC3967910
doi:10.1002/ece3.978
PMID:24683467
Transgenerational soil-mediated differences between plants experienced or naïve to a grass invasion Deck A, Muir A, Strauss S Ecol Evol 05-Sep-2013
PMCID:PMC3810866
doi:10.1002/ece3.716
PMID:24198931
Dispersal potential of a tidal river and colonization of a created tidal freshwater marsh Leck MA AoB Plants 21-Dec-2012
PMCID:PMC4104633
doi:10.1093/aobpla/pls050
Species concepts in Cercospora: spotting the weeds among the roses Groenewald JZ, Nakashima C, Nishikawa J, Shin HD, Park JH, Jama AN, Groenewald M, Braun U, Crous PW Stud Mycol 01-Oct-2012
PMCID:PMC3713887
doi:10.3114/sim0012
PMID:24014899
Coevolution between invasive and native plants driven by chemical competition and soil biota Lankau RA Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 25-Jun-2012
PMCID:PMC3396473
doi:10.1073/pnas.1201343109
PMID:22733785
Cytotoxic constituents ofPilea mongolica. Kwon HC, Lee KR, Zee OP Arch Pharm Res 01-Apr-1997
doi:10.1007/BF02974007
PMID:18975198

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3-Epioleanolic acid 11869658 Click to see 456.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02974007

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