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The genus Pilea is in the family Urticaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Pilea

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See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Pilea acuminata Liebm.	Accepted		TRO
Pilea adamsiana A.K. Monro	Accepted		TRO
Pilea alsinifolia Wedd.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Pilea amplistipulata C.J. Chen	Accepted		TRO
Pilea angolensis (Hiern) Rendle	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Pilea angulata (Blume) Blume	Accepted		TRO
Pilea angustata Killip	Accepted		TRO
Pilea angustifolia Killip	Accepted		TRO
Pilea anisophylla (Hook. f.) Wedd.	Accepted		TRO
Pilea antioquensis Killip	Accepted		TRO
Pilea approximata C.B. Clarke	Accepted		TRO
Pilea aquarum Dunn	Accepted		TRO
Pilea arguta (Kunth) Wedd.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Pilea attenuata Killip	Accepted		TRO
Pilea auricularis C.J. Chen	Accepted		TRO
Pilea auriculata Liebm.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Pilea bambusifolia C.J. Chen	Accepted		TRO
Pilea basicordata W.T. Wang	Accepted		TRO
Pilea bassleriana Killip	Accepted		TRO
Pilea baurii B.L. Rob.	Accepted		TRO
Pilea boniana Gagnep.	Accepted		TRO
Pilea bracteosa Wedd.	Accepted		TRO
Pilea cadierei Gagnep. & Guillaumin	Accepted		TRO
Pilea callitrichioides (Kunth) Kunth	Accepted		TRO
Pilea cangyuanensis H.W. Li	Accepted		TRO
Pilea carnosula Wedd.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Pilea cavaleriei H. Lév.	Accepted		TRO
Pilea centradenioides Seem.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Pilea ceratocalyx Wedd.	Accepted		TRO
Pilea chartacea C.J. Chen	Accepted		TRO
Pilea chiapensis Killip	Accepted		TRO
Pilea citriodora Wedd.	Accepted		TRO
Pilea conjugalis A.K. Monro	Accepted		TRO
Pilea cordifolia Hook. f.	Accepted		TRO
Pilea cordistipulata C.J. Chen	Accepted		TRO
Pilea cornuto-cucullata Cufod.	Accepted		TRO
Pilea corona A.K. Monro	Accepted		TRO
Pilea costaricensis Donn. Sm.	Accepted		TRO
Pilea costata Killip	Accepted		TRO
Pilea cruegeriana Wedd.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Pilea cushiensis Killip	Accepted		TRO
Pilea cymbifolia Rusby	Accepted		TRO
Pilea daguensis Killip	Accepted		TRO
Pilea dauciodora Wedd.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Pilea delicatula Killip	Accepted		TRO
Pilea depressa (Sw.) Blume	Accepted		TRO
Pilea digitata A.K. Monro	Accepted		TRO
Pilea diversifolia Wedd.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Pilea dolichocarpa C.J. Chen	Accepted		TRO
Pilea dombeyana Wedd.	Accepted		TRO
Pilea ecboliophylla Donn. Sm.	Accepted		TRO
Pilea elegans Gay	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Pilea elegantissima C.J. Chen	Accepted		TRO
Pilea elliptica Wedd.	Accepted		TRO
Pilea elliptilimba C.J. Chen	Accepted		TRO
Pilea falcata Liebm.	Accepted		TRO
Pilea fallax Wedd.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Pilea fasciata Wedd.	Accepted		TRO
Pilea fendleri Killip	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Pilea flexuosa Wedd.	Accepted		TRO
Pilea foliosa Killip	Accepted		TRO
Pilea fontana (Lunell) Rydb.	Accepted		TRO
Pilea forgetii N.E.Br.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Pilea funkikensis Hayata	Accepted		TRO
Pilea gallowayana Killip	Accepted		TRO
Pilea gansuensis C.J. Chen & Z.X. Peng	Accepted		TRO
Pilea glaberrima (Blume) Blume	Accepted		TRO
Pilea glabra S. Watson	Accepted		TRO
Pilea gomeziana W.C. Burger	Accepted		TRO
Pilea goudotiana Wedd.	Accepted		TRO
Pilea haenkei Killip	Accepted		TRO
Pilea herniarioides (Sw.) Lindl.	Accepted		TRO
Pilea hexagona C.J. Chen	Accepted		TRO
Pilea hilliana Hand.-Mazz.	Accepted		TRO
Pilea hirsuta Wedd.	Accepted		TRO
Pilea hitchcockii Killip	Accepted		TRO
Pilea hookeriana Wedd.	Accepted		TRO
Pilea howelliana Hand.-Mazz.	Accepted		TRO
Pilea hyalina Fenzl	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Pilea hydrocotyliflora Killip	Accepted		TRO
Pilea imparifolia Wedd.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Pilea inaequalis (Juss. ex Poir.) Wedd.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Pilea insolens Wedd.	Accepted		TRO
Pilea involucrata (Sims) C.H.Wright & Dewar	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Pilea irrorata Donn. Sm.	Accepted		TRO
Pilea ivohibeensis Leandri	Accepted		TRO
Pilea jamesoniana Wedd.	Accepted		TRO
Pilea killipiana Standl. & Steyerm.	Accepted		TRO
Pilea lamioides Wedd.	Accepted		TRO
Pilea latifolia Wedd.	Accepted		TRO
Pilea lindeniana Wedd.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Pilea linearifolia C.J. Chen	Accepted		TRO
Pilea lomatogramma Hand.-Mazz.	Accepted		TRO
Pilea longicaulis Hand.-Mazz.	Accepted		TRO
Pilea longipedunculata S.S. Chien & C.J. Chen	Accepted		TRO
Pilea losensis Killip	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Pilea lucens (Poir.) Wedd.	Accepted		TRO
Pilea macbridei Killip	Accepted		TRO
Pilea macrocarpa C.J. Chen	Accepted		TRO
Pilea macrocystolithica Killip	Accepted		TRO
Pilea magnicarpa A.K. Monro	Accepted		TRO
Pilea marginata Wedd.	Accepted		TRO
Pilea martinii (H. Lév.) Hand.-Mazz.	Accepted		TRO
Pilea matsudai Yamam.	Accepted		TRO
Pilea media C.J. Chen	Accepted		TRO
Pilea medogensis C.J. Chen	Accepted		TRO
Pilea melastomoides (Poir.) Wedd.	Accepted		TRO
Pilea menghaiensis C.J. Chen	Accepted		TRO
Pilea mexicana Wedd.	Accepted		TRO
Pilea microcardia Hand.-Mazz.	Accepted		TRO
Pilea microphylla (L.) Liebm.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Pilea minutiflora Krause	Accepted		TRO
Pilea mollis Wedd.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Pilea monilifera Hand.-Mazz.	Accepted		TRO
Pilea multicellularis C.J. Chen	Accepted		TRO
Pilea multiflora (Poir.) Wedd.	Accepted		TRO
Pilea mutisiana (Spreng.) Wedd.	Accepted		TRO
Pilea myriantha Killip	Accepted		TRO
Pilea myriophylla Killip	Accepted		TRO
Pilea napoana Gilli	Accepted		TRO
Pilea nerteroides Killip	Accepted		TRO
Pilea nitida Wedd.	Accepted		TRO
Pilea notata C.H. Wright	Accepted		TRO
Pilea nummulariifolia (Sw.) Wedd.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Pilea nutans Wedd.	Accepted		TRO
Pilea obetiifolia Killip	Accepted		TRO
Pilea opaca (Lunell) Rydb.	Accepted		TRO
Pilea ophioderma Killip	Accepted		TRO
Pilea oxyodon Wedd.	Accepted		TRO
Pilea pallida Killip	Accepted		TRO
Pilea paniculigera C.J. Chen	Accepted		TRO
Pilea pansamalana Donn. Sm.	Accepted		TRO
Pilea parietaria (L.) Blume	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Pilea pauciflora C.J. Chen	Accepted		TRO
Pilea pavonii Wedd.	Accepted		TRO
Pilea pellionioides C.J. Chen	Accepted		TRO
Pilea peltata Hance	Accepted		TRO
Pilea penninervis C.J. Chen	Accepted		TRO
Pilea peperomioides Diels	Accepted		TRO
Pilea peploides (Gaudich.) Hook. & Arn.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Pilea pichisana Killip	Accepted		TRO
Pilea picta Herzog	Accepted		TRO
Pilea pittieri Killip	Accepted		TRO
Pilea plataniflora C.H. Wright	Accepted		TRO
Pilea pleuroneura Donn. Sm.	Accepted		TRO
Pilea plumulosa A.K. Monro	Accepted		TRO
Pilea poeppigiana Wedd.	Accepted		TRO
Pilea portulacina (Spreng.) Blume	Accepted		TRO
Pilea pseudonotata C.J. Chen	Accepted		TRO
Pilea pteridophylla A.K. Monro	Accepted		TRO
Pilea pteropodon Wedd.	Accepted		TRO
Pilea pubescens Liebm.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Pilea pulegifolia (Poir.) Wedd.	Accepted		TRO
Pilea pumila (L.) A. Gray	Accepted		TRO
Pilea punctata (Kunth) Wedd.	Accepted		TRO
Pilea purulensis Donn. Sm.	Accepted		TRO
Pilea pusilla K. Krause	Accepted		TRO
Pilea quadrata A.K. Monro	Accepted		TRO
Pilea quercifolia Killip	Accepted		TRO
Pilea racemiformis C.J. Chen	Accepted		TRO
Pilea racemosa (Royle) Tuyama	Accepted		TRO
Pilea ramosissima Killip	Accepted		TRO
Pilea receptacularis C.J. Chen	Accepted		TRO
Pilea rhombea (L.f.) Liebm.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Pilea rhombifolia Killip	Accepted		TRO
Pilea riopalenquensis A.H. Gentry & Dodson	Accepted		TRO
Pilea riparia Donn. Sm.	Accepted		TRO
Pilea rostellata C.J. Chen	Accepted		TRO
Pilea rostulata A.K. Monro	Accepted		TRO
Pilea rotundinucula Hayata	Accepted		TRO
Pilea rubriflora C.H. Wright	Accepted		TRO
Pilea rugosissima Killip	Accepted		TRO
Pilea rusbyi (Britton) Killip	Accepted		TRO
Pilea salwinensis (Hand.-Mazz.) C.J. Chen	Accepted		TRO
Pilea schimpffii Diels	Accepted		TRO
Pilea scripta (Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don) Wedd.	Accepted		TRO
Pilea selbyanorum Dodson & A.H. Gentry	Accepted		TRO
Pilea semisessilis Hand.-Mazz.	Accepted		TRO
Pilea senarifolia Donn. Sm.	Accepted		TRO
Pilea serpyllifolia (Poir.) Wedd.	Accepted		TRO
Pilea serratifolia Wedd.	Accepted		TRO
Pilea sinocrassifolia C.J. Chen	Accepted		TRO
Pilea sinofasciata C.J. Chen	Accepted		TRO
Pilea skutchii Killip	Accepted		TRO
Pilea somai Hayata	Accepted		TRO
Pilea spinulosa C.J. Chen	Accepted		TRO
Pilea spruceana Wedd.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Pilea squamosa C.J. Chen	Accepted		TRO
Pilea strigosa Wedd.	Accepted		TRO
Pilea subamplexicaulis Killip	Accepted		TRO
Pilea subcoriacea (Hand.-Mazz.) C.J. Chen	Accepted		TRO
Pilea subedentata S.S. Chien & C.J. Chen	Accepted		TRO
Pilea submissa Wedd.	Accepted		TRO
Pilea succulenta Wedd.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Pilea suffruticosa K. Krause	Accepted		TRO
Pilea supersedens Leandri	Accepted		TRO
Pilea swinglei Merr.	Accepted		TRO
Pilea symmeria Wedd.	Accepted		TRO
Pilea tatamensis Killip	Accepted		TRO
Pilea tatei Killip	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Pilea ternifolia Wedd.	Accepted		TRO
Pilea tetraphylla (Steud.) Blume	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Pilea tetrapoda Killip	Accepted		TRO
Pilea tilarana W.C. Burger	Accepted		TRO
Pilea topensis Diels	Accepted		TRO
Pilea trianthemoides (Sw.) Lindl.	Accepted		TRO
Pilea trichomanophylla A.K. Monro	Accepted		TRO
Pilea trichosanthes Wedd.	Accepted		TRO
Pilea tridentata Killip	Accepted		TRO
Pilea tripartita A.K. Monro	Accepted		TRO
Pilea triradiata Killip	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Pilea tsiangiana F.P. Metcalf	Accepted		TRO
Pilea tungurahuae Killip	Accepted		TRO
Pilea tutensis A.K. Monro	Accepted		TRO
Pilea umbriana Killip	Accepted		TRO
Pilea umbrosa Blume	Accepted		TRO
Pilea unciformis C.J. Chen	Accepted		TRO
Pilea urticella Wedd.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Pilea variegata (Spreng.) Seem.	Accepted		TRO
Pilea vegasana Killip	Accepted		TRO
Pilea verrucosa Killip	Accepted		TRO
Pilea villicaulis Hand.-Mazz.	Accepted		TRO
Pilea vulcanica Liebm.	Accepted		TRO
Pilea weberbaueri Killip	Accepted		TRO
Pilea wightii Wedd.	Accepted		TRO

Statistics

The Plant List includes 776 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Pilea. Of these 225 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 65 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Pilea. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 776 species names for the genus Pilea recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	225	29.0%
◕	Synonym	109	14.0%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	442	57.0%

All names

The status of the 841 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Pilea recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	239	28.4%
◕	Synonym	152	18.1%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	450	53.5%

Of these names,

• 2 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 776 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Pilea, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	223	109	0	0	332	42.8%
	Low confidence	2	0	0	442	444	57.2%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Pilea, are as follows: