| Pilea trilobata | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Urticaceae |
| Genus: | Pilea |
| Species: | P. trilobata |
| Binomial name | |
| Pilea trilobata (Wedd.) |
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| Synonyms | |
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Urtica trilobata Poiret |
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Pilea trilobata is an endemic Mauritian plant from the genus Pilea within the Urticaceae family. It was first described by botanist Hugh Algernon Weddell in 1854.[1] It was thought to be extinct since 1849 until it was rediscovered in April 2005 in the Corps de Garde Nature Reserve.[2]