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Urticaceae - Nettle family
Friis, I (1991) Urticaceae FZ 9(6)
Description of the family
Annual or perennial herbs, shrubs or small trees, monoecious or dioecious, sometimes with stinging hairs. Stipules usually present. Leaves alternate or opposite, simple or lobed, usually strongly 3-veined from the base. Cystoliths generally present. Inflorescences usually cymose, densely clustered. Flowers minute, unisexual, with 1 whorl of tepals. Ovary superior with 1 erect basal ovule. Comment: In addition to Obetia and Girardinia in the Urticaceae, species of Tragia in the Euphorbiaceae have stinging hairs and sometimes nettle-like leaves. Worldwide: 48 genera and 1,050 species, tropical, with a few temperate. |
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More sample images from the Urticaceae (Click on each image to see a larger version and details of the record)
Links to genera: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this family
| Genus | Content |
| Boehmeria Jacq. | Description, Image |
| Droguetia Gaudich. | Description, Image |
| Elatostema J. R. Forst. & G. Forst. | Description, Image |
| Girardinia Gaudich. | Description, Image |
| Laportea Gaudich. | Description, Image |
| Obetia Gaudich. | Description, Image |
| Pilea Lindl. | Description, Image |
| Pouzolzia Gaudich. | Description, Image |
| Procris Comm. ex Juss. | Description, Image |
| Urera Gaudich. | Description, Image |
| Urtica L. | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Urticaceae:
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Urticaceae pageFlora of Mozambique: Urticaceae
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Urticaceae
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