Pilea ceratomera Wedd.

First published in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16(1): 132 (1869)
This name is a synonym of Pilea rivularis var. rivularis

POWO follows these authorities in synonymising this name:

  • 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. [Cited as Pilea rivularis.]
  • Friis, I. (1989). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Urticaceae: 1-64. [Cited as Pilea rivularis.]
  • 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. [Cited as Pilea rivularis.]

This name was accepted following an alternative taxonomy by these authorities:

  • Hutchinson, J., Dalziel, J.M. & Keay, R.W.J. (1954-1958). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 1: 1-828. [Cited as Pilea ceratomera.]
  • Lewalle, J. (1970). Liste floristique et répartition altitudinale de la flore du Burundi occidental: 1-84. Université officielle de Bujumbura. [Cited as Pilea ceratomera.]
  • Robyns, W. & al. (eds.) (1948-1963). Flore du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi 1-10. [Cited as Pilea ceratomera.]

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Hauman in Fl. Congo Belge 1: 203.
  • —F.T.A. 6, 2: 269

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • 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/
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