Pilea rivularis
rivularis
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Zovo Chipolo Forest, Nyika National Park
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Zovo Chipolo Forest, Nyika National Park
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Zovo Chipolo Forest, Nyika National Park
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Zovo Chipolo Forest, Nyika National Park
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Pilea ceratomera Wedd. Pilea comorensis Engl. Pilea macrodonta Baker Pilea stipulata Hutch. & Dalz. Pilea worsdellii N.E. Br. |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Perennial herb with erect unbranched stems up to 50 cm high, growing from a creeping rhizome. Leaves opposite, more or less equal in size, more or less broadly ovate, mostly 2-5 cm long, hairless on both surfaces but with linear outgrowths of the epidermal cell walls (cystoliths); margin with 5-15 teeth each side; petiole 4-6 cm long. Stipules broadly ovate, up to 5 mm long, often cordate and clasping the stem. Inflorescences in dense axillary clusters, unisexual with sexes on different plants or at least on each stem. |
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Comoro Islands |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Nigeria, Cameroon, Bioko, DR Congo, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, South Africa. Also in Madagascar and Comoro. |
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| Literature: |
Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 280. Fischer, E. & Killmann, D. (2008). Illustrated Field guide to the Plants of Nyungwe National Park Rwanda. University of Koblenz-Landau. Page 444. (Includes a picture). Friis, I. (1991). Urticaceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(6) Pages 98 - 99. Harris, T., Darbyshire, I. & Polhill, R. (2011). New species and range extensions from Mt Namuli, Mt Mabu and Mt Chiperone in northern Mozambique Kew Bulletin 66(2) Page 250. Ntore, S. & al. (2024). Checklist of the vascular plants of Burundi Page 238. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 101. Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 182. Troupin, G. (1978). Urticaceae Flore du Rwanda Spermatophytes Volume I Pages 162 - 164. (Includes a picture). |
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