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#Dlium Aluminum plant (Pilea cadierei) is a species of plant in the Urticaceae, an evergreen annual herb, up to 60 cm high, underground rhizome to colonize an area, independent and upright stem, over time it can grow woody at the base and has a smooth layer in the form of a cystolith spindle shaped.
P. cadierei has an opposite leaf arrangement. Petiole glabrous and up to 2 cm long. The leaf blade is simple, ovate, up to 8 cm long, up to 4 cm wide and 3 veins. The leaves are dark green with silvery patches and slightly textured edges.
The inflorescence grows at the end of the stalk and is up to 7 cm long. The bracts are broadly ovoid and about 3 mm long. Flowers are white-pink. The fruit is egg-shaped and flat, about 1.5 mm long. Seeds contain endosperm and embryo with two oval-elliptical or circular cotyledons.
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Subphylum: Angiospermae
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Rosales
Family: Urticaceae
Genus: Pilea
Species: Pilea cadierei
Publications:
Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
Baksh-Comeau, Y., Maharaj, S.S., Adams, C.D., Harris, S.A., Filer, D.L. & Hawthorne, W.D. (2016). An annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Trinidad and Tobago with analysis of vegetation types and botanical 'hotspots'. Phytotaxa 250: 1-431.
Fosberg, F.R., Sachet, M.-H., Oliver, R. (1979). A geographical checklist of the Micronesian Dicotyledonae. Micronesica; Journal of the College of Guam 15: 41-295.
Hammel, B.E., Grayum, M.H., Herrera, C. & Zamora, N. (eds.) (2015). Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica. Volumen VIII. Dicotyledóneas (Sabiaceae-Zygophyllaceae). Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 131: 1-657. Missouri Botanical Garden.
Lê, T.C. (2003). Danh lục các loài thực vật Việt Nam 2: 1-1203. Hà Nội : Nhà xuất bản Nông nghiệp.
Lianah, Lianah; Kusumarini, Niken; Rochmah, Fitriana; Orsida, Fadla; Mukhlisi, Mukhlisi; Ahmad, Milya Ulfa; Nadhifah, Ainun (2021-06-01). "Bryophyte Diversity in Mount Prau, Blumah Village, Central Java". Jurnal Biodjati. 6 (1): 23–35. doi:10.15575/biodjati.v6i1.11693. ISSN 2548-1606.
Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
Pasha, M.K. & Uddin, S.B. (2013). Dictionary of plant names of Bangladesh, Vasc. Pl.: 1-434. Janokalyan Prokashani, Chittagong, Bangladesh.
Smith, A.C. (1981). Flora Vitiensis Nova. A new flora for Fiji (Spermatophytes only) 2: 1-810. Pacific Tropical Botanical Garden, Lawai.
Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.
Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2003). Flora of China 5: 1-505. Science Press (Beijing) & Missouri Botanical Garden Press (St. Louis).
Arabic: مصنع الالمنيوم
Bengali: অ্যালুমিনিয়াম উদ্ভিদ
Chinese (Simplified): 花叶冷水花
Chinese (Traditional): 花葉冷水花 - 冰水花 - 花葉冷水花
Danish: aluminiumsplante
English: Aluminium Plant, Watermelon pilea
France: Usine d'aluminium
German: Aluminiumwerk
Hebrew: מפעל אלומיניום
Hindi: अल्युमीनियम का पौधा
Indonesian: Daun Aluminium
Japanese: アサバソウ
Korean: 알루미늄 공장
Portuguese: Planta-Alumínio
Russian: Пилея Кадьера
Spanish: Madreperla
Swedish: silverpilea
Thai: นกกระทา
Vietnamese: Nhà máy nhôm
Learn more: dlium.com/2024/04/aluminum-plant-pilea-cadierei.html
Location: Petungkriono, Pekalongan Regency, Central Java Province, Indonesia.
Aryo Bandoro
Dlium TheDlium
Web: dlium.com
#Dlium Aluminum plant (Pilea cadierei) is a species of plant in the Urticaceae, an evergreen annual herb, up to 60 cm high, underground rhizome to colonize an area, independent and upright stem, over time it can grow woody at the base and has a smooth layer in the form of a cystolith spindle shaped.
P. cadierei has an opposite leaf arrangement. Petiole glabrous and up to 2 cm long. The leaf blade is simple, ovate, up to 8 cm long, up to 4 cm wide and 3 veins. The leaves are dark green with silvery patches and slightly textured edges.
The inflorescence grows at the end of the stalk and is up to 7 cm long. The bracts are broadly ovoid and about 3 mm long. Flowers are white-pink. The fruit is egg-shaped and flat, about 1.5 mm long. Seeds contain endosperm and embryo with two oval-elliptical or circular cotyledons.
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Subphylum: Angiospermae
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Rosales
Family: Urticaceae
Genus: Pilea
Species: Pilea cadierei
Publications:
Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
Baksh-Comeau, Y., Maharaj, S.S., Adams, C.D., Harris, S.A., Filer, D.L. & Hawthorne, W.D. (2016). An annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Trinidad and Tobago with analysis of vegetation types and botanical 'hotspots'. Phytotaxa 250: 1-431.
Fosberg, F.R., Sachet, M.-H., Oliver, R. (1979). A geographical checklist of the Micronesian Dicotyledonae. Micronesica; Journal of the College of Guam 15: 41-295.
Hammel, B.E., Grayum, M.H., Herrera, C. & Zamora, N. (eds.) (2015). Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica. Volumen VIII. Dicotyledóneas (Sabiaceae-Zygophyllaceae). Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 131: 1-657. Missouri Botanical Garden.
Lê, T.C. (2003). Danh lục các loài thực vật Việt Nam 2: 1-1203. Hà Nội : Nhà xuất bản Nông nghiệp.
Lianah, Lianah; Kusumarini, Niken; Rochmah, Fitriana; Orsida, Fadla; Mukhlisi, Mukhlisi; Ahmad, Milya Ulfa; Nadhifah, Ainun (2021-06-01). "Bryophyte Diversity in Mount Prau, Blumah Village, Central Java". Jurnal Biodjati. 6 (1): 23–35. doi:10.15575/biodjati.v6i1.11693. ISSN 2548-1606.
Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
Pasha, M.K. & Uddin, S.B. (2013). Dictionary of plant names of Bangladesh, Vasc. Pl.: 1-434. Janokalyan Prokashani, Chittagong, Bangladesh.
Smith, A.C. (1981). Flora Vitiensis Nova. A new flora for Fiji (Spermatophytes only) 2: 1-810. Pacific Tropical Botanical Garden, Lawai.
Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.
Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2003). Flora of China 5: 1-505. Science Press (Beijing) & Missouri Botanical Garden Press (St. Louis).
Arabic: مصنع الالمنيوم
Bengali: অ্যালুমিনিয়াম উদ্ভিদ
Chinese (Simplified): 花叶冷水花
Chinese (Traditional): 花葉冷水花 - 冰水花 - 花葉冷水花
Danish: aluminiumsplante
English: Aluminium Plant, Watermelon pilea
France: Usine d'aluminium
German: Aluminiumwerk
Hebrew: מפעל אלומיניום
Hindi: अल्युमीनियम का पौधा
Indonesian: Daun Aluminium
Japanese: アサバソウ
Korean: 알루미늄 공장
Portuguese: Planta-Alumínio
Russian: Пилея Кадьера
Spanish: Madreperla
Swedish: silverpilea
Thai: นกกระทา
Vietnamese: Nhà máy nhôm
Learn more: dlium.com/2024/04/aluminum-plant-pilea-cadierei.html
Location: Petungkriono, Pekalongan Regency, Central Java Province, Indonesia.
Aryo Bandoro
Dlium TheDlium
Web: dlium.com
