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Pellionia
Sign in to savePellionia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Urticaceae. The flowers of Pellionia are white globules held on stalks above the plant, which respond to changes in temperature by releasing their pollen as little puffs of smoke.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderRosales
- FamilyUrticaceae
赤车属（学名：Pellionia）是荨麻科下的一个属，为草本植物。该属共有约50种，分布于热带亚洲和波利尼西亚。
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 90
- With media
- 73
- Family
- Urticaceae
- Collections
- CAS, MO, MU, NY, A, GH
- Recorded in
- China, Vietnam, Cambodia, United States, Malaysia, Indonesia, Laos, Philippines
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Urticaceae
- Image
- Pellionia repens 2006.05.27 13.41.40-p5270039.jpg
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- Category:Pellionia
- taxon common name
- 赤车属
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Pellionia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Urticaceae. The flowers of Pellionia are white globules held on stalks above the plant, which respond to changes in temperature by releasing their pollen as little puffs of smoke.
==Species== The following species are recognised in the genus Pellionia: Pellionia annamica Pellionia brachyceras Pellionia calcifera Pellionia cephaloidea Pellionia donglanensis Pellionia elatostemoides Pellionia fruticosa Pellionia funingensis Pellionia griffithiana Pellionia jinyunensis Pellionia laibinensis Pellionia longipetiolata Pellionia longzhouensis Pellionia minima Pellionia mollissima Pellionia paucidentata Pellionia pauciflora Pellionia pellucida Pellionia retrohispida Pellionia ronganensis Pellionia simianschanica Pellionia subundulata Pellionia sumatrana Pellionia thorelii Pellionia tonkinensis Pellionia tritepala Pellionia tsoongii Pellionia viridis
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pellionia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.