{"id":1483316,"date":"2022-11-02T10:27:16","date_gmt":"2022-11-02T04:57:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/?p=1483316"},"modified":"2024-12-23T16:09:36","modified_gmt":"2024-12-23T10:39:36","slug":"pilea-pubescens","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/efi\/pilea-pubescens\/","title":{"rendered":"Pilea pubescens (Introduced) ?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pilea pubescens<\/em> Liebm., Johnson’s Gard. Dict. 1056 (1894) (syn: Adicea involucrata<\/em>\u00a0Kuntze<\/a>, Pilea diffusa<\/em>\u00a0Griseb.<\/a>, Pilea fuscata<\/em>\u00a0Liebm.<\/a>, Pilea gaudichaudiana<\/em>\u00a0Wedd.<\/a>, Pilea grossecrenata<\/em>\u00a0Miq.<\/a>, Pilea guyanensis<\/em>\u00a0Wedd.<\/a>, Pilea involucrata<\/em>\u00a0Urb.<\/a>,\u00a0Pilea pubescens<\/em>\u00a0var.\u00a0fuscata<\/em>\u00a0(Liebm.) Wedd.<\/a>, Pilea pubescens<\/em>\u00a0var.\u00a0guyanensis<\/em>\u00a0(Wedd.) Wedd.<\/a>, Pilea pubescens<\/em>\u00a0var.\u00a0rupicola<\/em>\u00a0(Wedd.) Wedd.<\/a>, Pilea rupicola<\/em>\u00a0Wedd.<\/a>, Pilea xalapensis<\/em>\u00a0Wedd.<\/a>, Urtica grandifolia<\/em>\u00a0Sw. ex Griseb.<\/a>, Urtica grossecrenata<\/em>\u00a0Mart. ex Miq.<\/a>, Urtica radicans<\/em> Pohl ex Miq.<\/a>);
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\nMexico to Tropical America:\u00a0Argentina Northeast, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panam\u00e1, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela<\/span> as per POWO<\/a>;
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\nMumbai, July 2022 :: Pilea for ID :: ARK2022-105<\/a>: 1 very high res. image.
\nThis was clicked at a flower exhibition<\/span> at VJTI<\/span> in Mumbai<\/span> in Feb 2015.
\nRequested to please provide ID.<\/p>\n

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Pl. check
\nhttps:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/2011\/03\/21\/pilea\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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Had checked eFI before posting but could not find a match.
\nGoogle search provided 2 names –\u00a0Pilea spruceeana Norfolk<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Pilea involucrata<\/a>
\nWould appreciate any help.<\/p>\n

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Pilea involucrata<\/em> (Sims) Urb. !<\/p>\n

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Appears close as per images at
\nhttps:\/\/www.ukhouseplants.com\/plants\/piles-involucrata<\/a>
\nhttps:\/\/www.gardeningknowhow.growing-friendship-plants.htm<\/a>
\nhttps:\/\/terrariumtribe.com\/terrarium-plants\/pilea-involucrata-friendship-plant\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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References:
\nPOWO<\/a> \u00a0NCSU<\/a>
\nhttps:\/\/www.ukhouseplants.com\/plants\/piles-involucrata<\/a>
\nhttps:\/\/www.gardeningknowhow.growing-friendship-plants.htm<\/a>
\nhttps:\/\/terrariumtribe.com\/terrarium-plants\/pilea-involucrata-friendship-plant\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Pilea pubescens Liebm., Johnson’s Gard. Dict. 1056 (1894) (syn: Adicea involucrata\u00a0Kuntze, Pilea diffusa\u00a0Griseb., Pilea fuscata\u00a0Liebm., Pilea gaudichaudiana\u00a0Wedd., Pilea grossecrenata\u00a0Miq., Pilea guyanensis\u00a0Wedd., Pilea involucrata\u00a0Urb.,\u00a0Pilea pubescens\u00a0var.\u00a0fuscata\u00a0(Liebm.) Wedd., Pilea pubescens\u00a0var.\u00a0guyanensis\u00a0(Wedd.) Wedd., Pilea pubescens\u00a0var.\u00a0rupicola\u00a0(Wedd.) Wedd., Pilea rupicola\u00a0Wedd., Pilea xalapensis\u00a0Wedd., Urtica grandifolia\u00a0Sw. ex Griseb., Urtica grossecrenata\u00a0Mart. ex Miq., Urtica radicans Pohl ex Miq.); . Mexico…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[5662],"ht-kb-tag":[],"class_list":["post-1483316","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-pilea"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1483316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1483316"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1483316\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1483316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=1483316"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=1483316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}