Πιλέα

Πιλέα (Pilea) με 600–715 είδη είναι το μεγαλύτερο γένος στην οικογένεια φυτών των Κνιδοειδών (Urticaceae) και είναι ένα από τα μεγαλύτερα γένη στα Κνιδώδη.

Είδη 

Pilea cadierei -  Αλουμινόχορτο, αγγλ. Aluminium Plant
Pilea cataractae 
Pilea cavernicola
Pilea crassifolia
Pilea depressa 
Pilea fontana
Pilea glauca 
Pilea grandifolia 
Pilea involucrata
Pilea jamesonia
Pilea laevicaulis
Pilea matama
Pilea microphylla 
Pilea mollis 
Pilea myriophylla
Pilea napoana
Pilea nummulariifolia
Pilea peperomioides 
Pilea pollicaris
Pilea pumila 
Pilea repens 
Pilea riopalenquensis
Pilea schimpfii
Pilea selbyanorum
Pilea serpyllacea
Pilea serratifolia
Pilea topensis
Pilea trianthemoides
Pilea trichosanthes
Pilea trilobata
Pilea tungurahuae

Παραπομπές

Britton, N.L. and Brown, A. (1913) An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States and Canada. In three volumes. Dover Publications. ISBN 0-486-22642-5, page 634
Fouler Rhoads, A. and Block, T.A. (2000). The Plants of Pennsylvania. University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN 0-8122-3535-5, page 694.
Hortus Third, pages 872-873
Monro, A.K. (2006). The revision of species-rich genera: a phylogenetic framework for the strategic revision of Pilea (Urticaceae) based on cpDNA, nrDNA, and morphology. American Journal of Botany 93:426-441. HTML
Monro, A.K. (2009). A new species of Pilea(Urticaceae) from the Talamanca Mountains, Costa Rica. Phytotaxa 2: 24-28.
Strausbaugh P.D. and Core, E.L. (1964). Flora of West Virginia. 2nd ed. Seneca Books Inc., ISBN 0-89092-010-9, pages 318-319
Weddell H.A. (1869). Pilea. In A. De Candolle [ed.], Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis 16, 104–163. Victoris Masson, Paris, France.
USDA U.S. Dept. of Agriculture Plants Database

Βιβλιογραφία

 Chen, C. J. (1982). A monograph of Pilea (Urticaceae) in China. Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 2: 1-132.
 Monro, A.K. (2006). The revision of species-rich genera: a phylogenetic framework for the strategic revision of Pilea (Urticaceae) based on cpDNA, nrDNA, and morphology. American Journal of Botany 93:426-441.

Κνιδοειδή