Derivation of specific name
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microphylla: small-leaved
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Pilea microphylla (L.) Liebm. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=120580
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- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
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- Petra Ballings
Description
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Erect or procumbent, usually
mat-forming, annual or short-lived perennial, herb, up to 30
cm. Stems slightly fleshy. Stipules up to 1 mm. Leaves of a pair very unequal in size: petiole 0.5-6 mm; lamina 1-15 × 0.5-4 mm, usually obovate, smooth and glabrous; apex rounded;
margin entire. Inflorescence a small pedunculate to subsessile cymose cluster, 1-2 together in the leaf axils. Achene 0.5-0.8 mm, obovoid, brown, smooth.
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Pilea microphylla (L.) Liebm. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=120580
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- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
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- Petra Ballings
Frequency
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Occasional
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Pilea microphylla (L.) Liebm. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=120580
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- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
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- Petra Ballings
Worldwide distribution
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Probably native in tropical Central America, widely naturalised in subtropical and tropical areas of the world.
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Pilea microphylla (L.) Liebm. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=120580
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings