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Pilea
Sign in to savePilea, with 600–715 species, is the largest genus of flowering plants in the nettle family Urticaceae.
Species
Genus
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassBivalvia
- OrderUnionida
- FamilyUnionidae
Habitatfreshwater
Native toAlabama, Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arkansas, Aruba, Assam, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belize, Bolivia, Borneo
冷水花属（学名：Pilea）是荨麻科中最大的一个属。其中有些种被用作观赏植物。
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 3,528
- With media
- 2,324
- Family
- Urticaceae
- Collections
- CICY, ECOSUR, CAS, INECOL, UNICACH, IIB-UV
- Recorded in
- Mexico, China
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Urticaceae
- Image
- Pilea rotundinucula (Bahamutzero).jpg
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- genus
- taxon name
- Pilea
- Commons category
- Pilea
- topic's main category
- Category:Pilea
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- Pilea
- taxon common name
- 冷水花属
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Description
- Uses
- Horticulture
- Systematics
- Selected species
- Fossil record
- References
- Further reading
Pilea, with 600–715 species, is the largest genus of flowering plants in the nettle family Urticaceae.
It is distributed throughout the tropics, subtropics, and warm temperate regions (with the exception of Australia and New Zealand).
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