Pellionia repens

Pellionia repens is a species of flowering plant in the nettle family, Urticaceae. It also is an interesting specimen to demonstrate the metamorphosis of chloroplast (outward of cell) to amyloplasts (inward of cell) if studied with a microscope.

Pellionia repens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Urticaceae
Genus: Pellionia
Species:
P. repens
Binomial name
Pellionia repens
Synonyms

Begonia daveauana Godefroy
Elatostema daveauana (Godefroy) Hallier f.
Elatostema gibbosum Kurz
Elatostema pulchrum (N.E.Br.) Hallier f.
Elatostema repens (Lour.) Hallier f.
Pellionia annamica Gagnep.
Pellionia daveauana (Godefroy) N.E.Br.
Pellionia pulchra N.E. Br.
Polychroa repens Lour.
Procris gibbosa Wall.[1]

Under its synonym Elatostema repens it has won the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[2] E. repens var. pulchrum has also won the award.[3]

References
  1. "Pellionia repens". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2019-04-08 – via The Plant List.
  2. "Elatostema repens". www.rhs.org. Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  3. "Elatostema repens var. pulchrum". www.rhs.org. Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 6 June 2020.


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