Pilea inaequalis
West Indian Clearweed
Also known as: Adicea chamaedrys (Wedd.) Kuntze +18 more
- Adicea chamaedrys (Wedd.) Kuntze
- Adicea guadalupensis (Wedd.) Kuntze
- Adicea inaequalis (Juss. ex Poir.) Kuntze
- Adicea obtusata (Liebm.) Kuntze
- Adicea repens (Sw.) Kuntze
- Dubrueilia inaequalis (Juss. ex Poir.) Gaudich.
- Pilea chamaedrys Liebm., 1851
- Pilea chamaedrys Wedd.
- Pilea guadalupensis Wedd.
- Pilea montana Wedd.
- Pilea nummularifolia Griseb.
- Pilea obtusata Liebm.
- Pilea pubescens var. montana (Wedd.) Wedd.
- Pilea repens (Sw.) Liebm.
- Pilea repens (Sw.) Wedd.
- Pilea repens var. pusilla Wedd.
- Pilea tenuicaulis Urb.
- Urtica collina Bertero ex Spreng.
- Urtica hederacea Savigny
Botanical Data
- Taxonomic Rank: Species
- Botanical Family: Urticaceae
- WCVP Morphological Data: Recorded natively as a subshrub.
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Indigenous to South America, Pilea inaequalis (commonly known as West Indian Clearweed) is a shrub belonging to the Urticaceae family. Within its native range, this species is most commonly linked to wet tropical conditions.
Macro Climate
Tropical
Plant Type
Shrub
Native Range
Continents (WGSRPD)
SOUTHERN AMERICA
Regions (WGSRPD)
Caribbean, Northern South America
Botanical Countries (WGSRPD L3)
Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Windward Is.