{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}} {{Speciesbox |status = VU |status_system = IUCN3.1 |status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 17 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Valenzuela, J.C. |author2=Rojas, W. |author3=Pitman, N. |date=2004 |title=''Pilea schimpfii'' |volume=2004 |article-number=e.T46245A11044614 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T46245A11044614.en |access-date=17 November 2021}}</ref> |genus = Pilea |species = schimpfii |authority = Diels }}
'''''Pilea schimpfii''''' is a species of plant in the family Urticaceae. It is endemic to the Chimborazo, Napo, El Oro, and Carchi provinces of Ecuador. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. During the second world war, the only plants in captivity were destroyed in the German herbarium in Berlin, Germany.
==References== {{Reflist}} * http://zipcodezoo.com/Plants/P/Pilea_schimpfii.asp
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Category:Endemic flora of Ecuador schimpfii Category:Vulnerable plants Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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