Urticaceae
Pilea

Pilea carautae M.D.M.Vianna & R.J.V.Alves

First published in Kew Bull. 65: 469 (2010 publ. 2011)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Brazil (Rio de Janeiro). It is a perennial or subshrub and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Brazil Southeast

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.

Kew Bulletin

  • Adams, C. D. (1970). Notes on Jamaican Flowering Plants 1. Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 8: 99 – 110.
  • Bentham, G. & Hooker, J. D. (1883). Genera Plantarum. Vol. 3. L. Reeve & Co., London.
  • Brack, P. (1987). O gêneroUrera (Urticaceae) no Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil. Napaea 1: 1 – 11.
  • Burger, W. (1977). Flora Costaricensis. Pilea. Fieldiana Bot. 40: 246 – 272.
  • Engler, A. (1894). Urticaceae. In: A. Engler & K. Prantl (eds), Die NatürlichenPflanzenFamilien Vol. 3, pp. 98 – 118. Engelmann, Leipzig.
  • Friis, I. (1989). The Urticaceae: a systematic review. In: Evolution, systematics, and fossil history of the Hamamelidae. Volume 2: Higher Hamamelidae. The Systematics Association Special Volume No. 40B: 285 – 308.
  • Gaudichaud, C. (1830). Botanique, part 12. In: H. L. C. de Freycinet (ed.), Voyage autour du monde… executé sur les corvettes de S. M. l’Uranie et la Physiciene, pp. 465 – 522 and plates 111 – 120. Pilet-Ainé, Paris.
  • Groult, M. L. (1999a). Taxonomie du complex neotropical Pileamicrophylla (L.). Liebm. et spècesaffines. National Museum of Natural History, Paris. [Unpub. Thesis].
  • IUCN (2001). IUCN Red List Categories: version 3.1. Prepared by the IUCN Species Survival Commission. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
  • Killip, E. P. (1939). The Andean species of Pilea. Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 26: 475 – 530.
  • Leme, E. M. C. (1985). Bromeliaceae dos municípios de Cabo Frio e Arraial do Cabo, RJ. Bol. Fund. Brasil. ConservaçãoNatureza 20: 57 – 67.
  • Miquel, F. A. G. (1853). Urticineae. In: C. F. P. von Martius, Flora Brasiliensis 4(1): 78 – 218, t. 25 – 70. P. Oldenburg, Leipzig.
  • Monro, A. K. (1999). Seven new species of Pilea Lindley (Urticaceae) from Mesoamerica. Novon 9: 390 – 400.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  • Rocha, E. S. F. da (1986). Pilea (Urticaceae) da ReservaFlorestal da FEEMA. Albertoa 1: 5 –11.
  • Standley, P. C. & Steyermark, J. C. (1952). Pilea. In: P. C. Standley & J. C. Steyermark (eds), Flora of Guatemala. Fieldiana Bot. 24: 410 – 422.
  • Tatagiba, F. C. P., Alves, R. J. V. & Silva, B. R. (2004). Two new white-flowered species of Pitcairnia from Brazil. Selbyana 1(25): 27 – 32.
  • Weddell, H. A. (1847). Monographie de la familie des Urticacées. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. 9: 1 – 400.
  • ____ (1852). Additions à la flore de L’Amérique du Sud: Urticaceae. Ann. Sci. Nat. Paris 3: 197 – 231.
  • ____ (1989). Urticaceae do Rio Grande do Sul. Dissertação (MestradoemBotânica). Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul.
  • ____ (1993). Pileaaparadensis (Urticaceae), nova espécie do Sul do Brasil. Napaea 9: 1 – 2.
  • ____ (1999b). Apport de l’etude des cystolithesfoliaires à la taxinomie du complex neotropical Pileamicrophylla (L.). Liebm. et spècesaffines. Compt. Rend. Acad. Sci. Paris, Ser. 3, Sci. Vie 322: 817 – 823.
  • ____ (2001). Synopsis of Mesoamerican Pilea (Urticaceae), including eighteen typifications and a key to the species. Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. London Bot. 31: 9 – 25.
  • ____ (2004). Three new species and three new names in Pilea (Urticaceae) from New Guinea. Contributions to the Flora of Mt Jaya XV. Kew Bull. 59: 573 – 579.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  • ____ (2006). The revision of species-rich genera: A phylogenetic framework for the strategic revision of Pilea (Urticaceae) based on cpDNA, nrDNA, and morphology. Amer. J. Bot. 93: 426 – 441.CrossRefGoogle Scholar

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Bulletin

    • Kew Bulletin
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0