Pilea trilobata

Taxobox
name = Pilea trilobata


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status = CR
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Rosales
familia = Urticaceae
genus = "Pilea"
species = "P. trilobata"
binomial = "Pilea trilobata"
binomial_authority = (Wedd., 1854)

Pilea trilobata is an extremely rare endemic Mauritian plant from the genus "Pilea" within the Urticaceae family. It was first described by botanist Hugh Algernon Weddell in 1854. It was thought to be extinct since 1849 until it was rediscovered in April 2005 in the Corps de Garde Nature Reserve.

References

*Bosser, Jean: "Flore des Mascareignes Vol. 161-169b (1985) Urticaceae - Ceratophylaceae", Coll., Botanical Garden of Kew (U.K.) & MNH

External links

* [http://www.biodiv.org/doc/world/mu/mu-nr-03-en.pdf CBD Third National Report - Mauritius (English version)]