Native records: 3 botanical areas
Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela
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Distribution is shown as WGSRPD Level 3 areas. It does not imply the species occurs throughout an entire area.
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A plant of wet tropical climates. Native to Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela.
This entry carries only the classification and distribution data recorded in WCVP. A written account and images are not yet available.
Distribution areas
Colombia
- ColombiaNative
Ecuador
- EcuadorNative
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
- VenezuelaNative
Climate of the native range
The Köppen climate classes found in the areas this plant is recorded as native to. It does not mean an entire area has that climate.
- Af Tropical, rainforest
- Aw Tropical, savannah
- Am Tropical, monsoon
- Cfb Temperate, no dry season, warm summer
The same climate occurs in 136 areas worldwide, 133 of which have no record of this plant. See them on the map
A matching climate does not mean the plant can grow there. Range limits are also set by things other than climate — dispersal history, soils, competition. Source: Beck et al. (2023), CC BY 4.0 (observed period 1991–2020).
- Family
- Urticaceae
- Genus
- Pilea
Other species in Pilea
Sources
World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04
Colombia · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv
Open sourceWorld Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04
Ecuador · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv
Open sourceWorld Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv
Open source