Pilea johnstonii Oliv.

First published in Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 2: 349 (1887)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is SE. Ethiopia to E. Zimbabwe. It is a subshrub or epiphyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Classification

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POWO follows these authorities in accepting 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.
  • Friis, I. (1989). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Urticaceae: 1-64.
  • 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.
  • Launert, E. & Cope, G.V. (eds.) (1991). Flora Zambesiaca 9(6): 1-135. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Robyns, W. & al. (eds.) (1948-1963). Flore du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi 1-10.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Fischer, E., Rembold, K., Althof, A. & Obholzer, J. (2010). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Kakamega forest, Western province, Kenya. Journal of East African Natural History 99: 129-226.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • A.D.Q. Agnew, Upland Kenya Wild Flowers p. 323 (1974).
  • Hauman in Flore du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi, 1: 200 (1948).
  • Oliv. in Trans. Linn. Soc., Bot, ser. 2, 2: 349 (1887).
  • Rendle in Flora of Tropical Africa 6(2): 273 (1917).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Johnston, H. [s.n.] Tanzania K000242918 Type Yes
Tweedie, E.M. [3332] Kenya K:SPC-30353.000 No
Polhill, R.M.; Paulo, S. [1628] Tanzania K:SPC-31107.000 No
Tweedie, E.M. [3316] Kenya K:SPC-30773.000 No

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    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

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