Pilea
| Pilea | |
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| Diversity of the genus Pilea | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Urticaceae |
| Tribe: | Elatostemateae |
| Genus: | Pilea Lindl. (1821) |
| Species | |
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606; see text | |
| Synonyms | |
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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).