Laportea | |
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Laportea cuspidata | |
Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Rosales |
Family: | Urticaceae |
Tribe: | Urticeae |
Genus: |
Laportea Gaudich. |
Laportea is a genus of plants in the family Urticaceae. They are herbaceous, either annual or perennial. Like many plants of the Urticaceae, they have stinging hairs. There are stinging and non-stinging hairs on the same plant. [1] The genus was named after the French naturalist Francis de Laporte de Castelnau. [2]
As of August 2020 [update], Kew's Plants of the World Online lists 36 species in the genus Laportea: [3]
Laportea | |
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Laportea cuspidata | |
Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Rosales |
Family: | Urticaceae |
Tribe: | Urticeae |
Genus: |
Laportea Gaudich. |
Laportea is a genus of plants in the family Urticaceae. They are herbaceous, either annual or perennial. Like many plants of the Urticaceae, they have stinging hairs. There are stinging and non-stinging hairs on the same plant. [1] The genus was named after the French naturalist Francis de Laporte de Castelnau. [2]
As of August 2020 [update], Kew's Plants of the World Online lists 36 species in the genus Laportea: [3]