Pilea
Pilea is a genus of the Urticaceae (nettle) family with over 600 accepted species. They are found in North and South America, Africa and Asia
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Pilea Plants List
- Pilea 'Burgundy'
- Pilea cadierei
- Pilea cadierei ‘Minima’
- Pilea cadierei 'Variegata'
- Pilea 'Chartreuse'
- Pilea depressa
- Pilea depressa 'Sao Paulo'
- Pilea grandifolia
- Pilea grandifolia 'Coral'
- Pilea inaequalis
- Pilea insolens
- Pilea libanensis
- Pilea microphylla
- Pilea microphylla 'Variegata'
- Pilea 'Moon Valley'
- Pilea nummulariifolia
- Pilea nummulariifolia 'Bathroom Bubbles'
- Pilea peperomioides
- Pilea peperomioides 'Mojito'
- Pilea semidentata
- Pilea serpyllacea 'Globosa'
- Pilea 'Silver Tree'
- Pilea spruceana
- Pilea spruceana 'Dark Mystery'
Pilea Plants
Pilea 'Burgundy'
Trade Names: Pilea ‘Burgundy’, Pilea sp. ‘Burgundy’
Pilea cadierei
Common Names: Aluminium plant
Described by: François Gagnepain and André Guillaumin (1939)
Native to: South-Central China, Vietnam
* ‘cadierei’ named after RP Cadiere, plant collector
Cultivars and Hybrids: Pilea cadierei 'Minima', Pilea cadierei 'Variegata'
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Pilea cadierei 'Variegata'
Plant parent(s): Pilea cadierei
Pilea 'Chartreuse'
Trade Names: Pilea ‘Chartreuse’, Pilea sp. ‘Chartreuse’, Pilea sp Ecuador
Pilea depressa
Described by: Carl Ludwig von Blume (1856)
Native to: Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti
* ‘depressa’ means sunken, depressed
Cultivars and Hybrids: Pilea depressa 'Sao Paulo'
Pilea grandifolia
Described by: Carl Ludwig von Blume (1856)
Native to: Jamaica
* ‘grandifolia’ means large leaved
Cultivars and Hybrids: Pilea grandifolia Coral
Pilea grandifolia 'Coral'
Plant parent(s): Pilea grandifolia
Pilea inaequalis
Synonyms: Pilea repens
Described by: Hugh Algernon Weddell (1852)
Native to: Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Windward Is.
* ‘inaequalis’ means unequal
Pilea insolens
Described by: Hugh Algernon Weddell (1869)
Native to: Assam, East Himalaya, Nepal, Tibet
Pilea libanensis
Trade Names: Pilea glauca, Pilea glauca ‘Aquamarine’
Described by: Ignatz Urban (1930)
Native to: Cuba
Pilea microphylla
Common Names: Artillery fern, Artillery plant
Described by: Frederik Michael Liebmann (1851)
Native to: Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Cayman Is., Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Florida, French Guiana, Georgia, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Louisiana, Mexico, Netherlands Antilles, Panamá, Peru, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Southwest Caribbean, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is.
* ‘microphylla’ means small leaf
Cultivars and Hybrids: Pilea microphylla 'Variegata'
Pilea microphylla 'Variegata'
Plant parent(s): Pilea microphylla
Pilea 'Moon Valley'
Trade Names: Pilea involucrata ‘Moon Valley’, Pilea mollis ‘Moon Valley’, Pilea ‘Moon Valley’
Pilea nummulariifolia
Described by: Hugh Algernon Weddell (1852)
Native to: Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Panamá, Peru, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Windward Is.
* ‘nummulariifolia’ means having foliage like nummularia (small, circular leaves)
Cultivars and Hybrids: Pilea nummulariifolia 'Bathroom Bubbles'
Pilea nummulariifolia 'Bathroom Bubbles'
Trade Names: Pilea 'Bathroom Bubbles'
Plant parent(s): Pilea nummulariifolia
Pilea peperomioides
Common Names: Chinese money plant, missionary plant
Described by: Friedrich Ludwig Emil Diels (1912)
Native to: China
Cultivars and Hybrids: Pilea peperomioides 'Mojito'
Pilea peperomioides 'Mojito'
Trade Names: Pilea 'Mojito', Pilea peperomioides 'Mojito'
Plant parent(s): Pilea peperomioides
Pilea semidentata
Described by: Hugh Algernon Weddell (1852)
Native to: Dominican Republic, Haiti, Leeward Is., Puerto Rico, Windward Is.
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Pilea 'Silver Tree'
Trade Names: Pilea 'Ellen', Pilea 'Bronze', Pilea spruceana 'Silver Tree', Pilea 'Silver Tree'
Pilea spruceana
Synonyms: Pilea ‘Norfolk’, Pilea involucrata ‘Norfolk’, Pilea involucrata
Common Names: Friendship plant
Described by: Hugh Algernon Weddell (1869)
Native to: Ecuador, Peru, Venezuelan Antilles
Cultivars and Hybrids: Pilea spruceana 'Dark Mystery'
Pilea spruceana 'Dark Mystery'
Trade Names: Pilea 'Dark Mistery', Pilea involucrata "Dark Mistery"
Plant parent(s): Pilea spruceana
Changelog
March 3rd 2021:
- article is published