Urticaceae
Pilea

Pilea angolensis (Hiern) Rendle

First published in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 6(2): 271 (1917)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical Africa. It is an annual and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, DR Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 2(1): 1-85. ORSTROM, Bangui.
  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Friis, I. (1989). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Urticaceae: 1-64.
  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • Hedberg, I. & Edwards, S. (eds.) (1989 publ. 1990). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 3: 1-659. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Hutchinson, J., Dalziel, J.M. & Keay, R.W.J. (1954-1958). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 1: 1-828.
  • Onana, J.M. (2011). The vascular plants of Cameroon a taxonomic checklist with IUCN assessments: 1-195. National herbarium of Cameroon, Yaoundé.
  • Robyns, W. & al. (eds.) (1948-1963). Flore du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi 1-10.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Hauman in Fl. Congo Belge 1: 200.
  • in F.T.A. 6, 2: 271 (1917)

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 2(1): 1-85. ORSTROM, Bangui.
  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Friis, I. (1989). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Urticaceae: 1-64.
  • Hutchinson, J., Dalziel, J.M. & Keay, R.W.J. (1954-1958). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 1: 1-828.
  • Onana, J.M. (2011). The vascular plants of Cameroon a taxonomic checklist with IUCN assessments: 1-195. National herbarium of Cameroon, Yaoundé.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa ed. 2,1: 621 (1958).
  • Hauman in Flore du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi, 1: 200 (1948).
  • Letouzey in Fl. Cameroun 8: 160 (1968).
  • Rendle in Flora of Tropical Africa 6(2): 271 (1917).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2004 Cheek, M. [10454] Cameroon K000198600 No
Jan 1, 2004 Pollard, B.J. [597] Cameroon K000198599 Yes
May 1, 2001 Ryan, P. [212] Cameroon K000051180 No
May 1, 2001 Cable, S. [3201] Cameroon K000051179 No
May 1, 2001 Cable, S. [3746] Cameroon K000051178 No
Jan 1, 1996 Cheek, M. [7693] Cameroon K000381637 No
Nov 1, 1993 Wheatley, J.I. [477] Cameroon K000011598 No
Christenhusz, M.J.M.,, Kamau, P., Mbale, M.; Chase, M.W. [6644] Kenya K000696656 No
Kaman, G.; Konomou, G. [2244] Guinea K001310523 Yes
Cheek, M.; Nabe; Yasuda; Soua, D.; Bah, A. [18617] Guinea K001310813 Yes
Pollard, B.J.; Johnston; Ghongue; Gosline [494] Cameroon K001297725 Yes
Welw. [6238] Angola K000242922 Type No
Bidgood, S.; Hoenselaar, K.; Leliyo, G.; Vollesen, K. [5786] Tanzania K000468639 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. 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 Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

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