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Pilea Sykesii
''Pilea'', with 600–715 species, is the largest genus of flowering plants in the nettle family Urticaceae. It is distributed throughout the tropics, subtropics, and warm temperate regions (with the exception of Australia and New Zealand). Description The majority of species are shade-loving herbaceous plants or shrubs, which are easily distinguished from other Urticaceae by the combination of opposite leaves (with rare exceptions) with a single ligulate intrapetiolar stipule in each leaf axil and cymose or paniculate inflorescences (again with rare exceptions). Uses ''Pilea'' is of little economic importance; one species is used in Chinese traditional medicine (''P. plataniflora''). Horticulture Six species have horticultural value (''P. cadierei'', ''P. grandifolia'', ''P. involucrata'', ''P. microphylla'', ''P. nummulariifolia'', and ''P. peperomioides''), Some pileas are grown for their ornamental foliage which is shaped like lily-pads. The ASPCA includes many pilea speci ...
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John Lindley
John Lindley Fellow of the Royal Society, FRS (5 February 1799 – 1 November 1865) was an English botanist, gardener and orchidology, orchidologist. Early years Born in Old Catton, Catton, near Norwich, England, John Lindley was one of four children of George and Mary Lindley. George Lindley was a nurseryman and pomologist and ran a commercial nursery garden. Although he had great horticultural knowledge, the undertaking was not profitable and George lived in a state of indebtedness. As a boy he would assist in the garden and also collected wild flowers he found growing in the Norfolk countryside. Lindley was educated at Norwich School. He would have liked to go to university or to buy a commission in the army but the family could not afford either. He became Belgium, Belgian agent for a London seed merchant in 1815. At this time Lindley became acquainted with the botanist William Jackson Hooker who allowed him to use his botanical library and who introduced him to Sir Joseph ...
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Achene
An achene (; ), also sometimes called akene and occasionally achenium or achenocarp, is a type of simple fruit, simple dry fruits, dry fruit produced by many species of flowering plants. Achenes are monocarpellate (formed from one carpel) and Dehiscence (botany), indehiscent (they do not open at maturity). Achenes contain a single seed that nearly fills the pericarp, but does not adhere to it. In many species, what is called the "seed" is an achene, a fruit containing the seed. The seed-like appearance is owed to the hardening of the fruit wall (pericarp), which encloses the solitary seed so closely as to seem like a seed coat. Examples The fruits of buttercup, buckwheat, caraway, quinoa, amaranth, and cannabis are typical achenes. The achenes of the strawberry are sometimes mistaken for seeds. The strawberry is an accessory fruit with an aggregate of achenes on its outer surface, and what is eaten is accessory tissue. A rose produces an aggregate of achene fruits that are encom ...
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Pilea Microphylla
''Pilea microphylla'' also known as angeloweed, artillery plant, joypowder plant or (in Latin America) ''brilhantina'' is an annual plant native to Florida, Mexico, the West Indies, and tropical Central America, Central and South America, Southern America. In the southern part of México, specifically Campeche and Mérida, the local name is frescura. The plant belongs to the family Urticaceae. It has light green, almost succulent, stems and tiny leaves. It is grown as a ground cover in many areas. Descriptiom ''Pilea microphylla'' is an annual plant, annual or short-lived perennial plant, perennial. It grows low or creeping on the ground. It is monoecious (with both male and female flowers in a single plant) with smooth, translucent light-green, succulent-like and highly-branching stems. The leaves are oval-shaped, narrowing to a point at the tips, with a short petiole (botany), petiole. They are tiny, averaging at long, and wide. The leaves grow in asymmetric pairs, with on ...
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Pilea Laevicaulis
''Pilea laevicaulis'' is a species of plant in the family Urticaceae. It is endemic to Mauritius. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forest A forest is an ecosystem characterized by a dense ecological community, community of trees. Hundreds of definitions of forest are used throughout the world, incorporating factors such as tree density, tree height, land use, legal standing, ...s. References laevicaulis Endemic flora of Mauritius Critically endangered plants Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{urticaceae-stub ...
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Pilea Jamesonia
''Pilea jamesonia'' is a species of plant in the family Urticaceae. It is endemic to Ecuador. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forest Montane ecosystems are found on the slopes of mountains. The alpine climate in these regions strongly affects the ecosystem because temperatures lapse rate, fall as elevation increases, causing the ecosystem to stratify. This stratification is ...s. References Endemic flora of Ecuador jamesonia Near threatened plants Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{urticaceae-stub ...
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Pilea Involucrata
''Pilea involucrata'' (Sims) Urb., commonly known as the friendship plant, is a species of flowering plant in the nettle family Urticaceae, native to Central and South America. It is a popular houseplant due to its unique foliage and relatively easy care. This species is best known for its popular cultivar, ''Pilea involucrata'' 'Moon Valley'. Description ''Pilea involucrata'' is a bushy, trailing plant typically growing to a height and spread of . The species typically features bright green leaves with a quilted or corrugated texture, often with bronze or reddish undersides. It occasionally produces small, pink-white flowers, but these are infrequent when grown indoors. Cultivation The friendship plant prefers bright, indirect light and well-draining soil that is kept evenly moist. It thrives in temperatures between and moderate to high humidity levels. ''Pilea involucrata'' is easily propagated through division or stem cuttings. Cultivar: 'Moon Valley ''Pilea involucr ...
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Pilea Grandifolia
''Pilea grandifolia'' is an undershrub native only to Jamaica. It is sometimes cultivated.
''National Botanic Garden of Belgium Living Plant Collections Database (LIVCOL)''


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Pilea Glaucophylla
''Pilea glaucophylla'', the silver-leaved artillery plant, is a species of flowering plant in the family Urticaceae, native to Colombia Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country primarily located in South America with Insular region of Colombia, insular regions in North America. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the north, Venezuel .... References Flora of Colombia glaucophylla {{urticaceae-stub ...
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Pilea Fontana
''Pilea fontana'', the lesser clearweed, is an herbaceous plant which is very similar to '' Pilea pumila'' (both occupying an almost identical range covering most of North America east of the Rocky Mountains). They can be distinguished by the appearance of the mature achene An achene (; ), also sometimes called akene and occasionally achenium or achenocarp, is a type of simple fruit, simple dry fruits, dry fruit produced by many species of flowering plants. Achenes are monocarpellate (formed from one carpel) and Dehi ...s. The bloom season runs from July to September and the plant can be seen throughout the Northeastern US and Canada. The fruit is a flattened, teardrop-shaped up to 1/6 inch long and 75-85% as wide. References fontana Flora of Northern America {{urticaceae-stub ...
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Pilea Elegans
''Pilea elegans'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Urticaceae The Urticaceae are a family, the nettle family, of flowering plants. The family name comes from the genus ''Urtica''. The Urticaceae include a number of well-known and useful plants, including nettles in the genus ''Urtica'', ramie (''Boehmeria .... It is endemic to Chile, inhabiting the Biobio, Araucanía and Los Ríos regions. USDA hardiness zone 9. The plant does not tolerate snow, but can tolerate occasional freezing spells of about -5 degrees C. Light requirements consist of indirect light/low light (In deep shadow) Can be found in deep ravines in Chile facing south with additional shadow from trees, or where there is a very dense vegetation cover which gives 80 - 100% shadow (for instance, the Valdivian forests.) References External links * elegans Plants described in 1851 Flora of Chile Endemic flora of Chile {{urticaceae-stub ...
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Pilea Depressa
''Pilea depressa'', the depressed clearweed, also sold as kiereweed, is a plant native to the Caribbean.Pilea depressa
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Pilea Crassifolia
''Pilea crassifolia'' is a plant native to Central and South America. One well-known cultivar A cultivar is a kind of Horticulture, cultivated plant that people have selected for desired phenotypic trait, traits and which retains those traits when Plant propagation, propagated. Methods used to propagate cultivars include division, root a ..., grown for its colorful foliage, is ''P. crassifolia'' 'Moon Valley'. References External linksPhotoof Moon Valley cultivar from Garden Breizh crassifolia {{urticaceae-stub ...
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