4416.000 Tragia L.

Description of the genus

Erect or scrambling or twining, monoecious (rarely dioecious) perennial herbs or shrubs, with stinging hairs. Leaves alternate, stipulate, often cordate. Flowers in racemes, usually mostly male with 1-2 females at the base. Bracts conspicuous, persistent. Petals 0. Male flowers with 3 sepals and 3 stamens. Female flowers with 3 or 6 pinnate or palmate sepals, becoming enlarged in fruit. Ovary 3-locular.

Worldwide: 100 species in tropical and warm areas

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Species	Links to maps	FZ divisions	Content
benthamii Baker	Altitude Rainfall Geology	N,S
brevipes Pax	Altitude Rainfall Geology	N,W	Description, Image
brevipes-benthamii-okanyu intermediates	Altitude Rainfall Geology	N,S
dioica Sond.	Altitude Rainfall Geology	S
furialis Bojer	Altitude Rainfall Geology	E	Description, Image
gardneri Prain	Altitude Rainfall Geology	W,C	Description, Image
incisifolia Prain	Altitude Rainfall Geology	E,S
kirkiana Müll. Arg.	Altitude Rainfall Geology	N,W,C,S	Description, Image
mazoensis Radcl.-Sm.[End][DD]	Altitude Rainfall Geology	N	Description, Image
okanyua Pax	Altitude Rainfall Geology	N,W,C,E,S	Description, Image
plukenetii Radcl.-Sm.	Altitude Rainfall Geology	E
prionoides Radcl.-Sm.	Altitude Rainfall Geology	W,C,E,S
rhodesiae Pax	Altitude Rainfall Geology	N,C
tenuifolia Benth.	Altitude Rainfall Geology	E

Other sources of information about Tragia:

Flora of Mozambique: Tragia
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Tragia
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Tragia
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Tragia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Tragia
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Tragia