Laportea
| 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. (1830) |
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, and have stinging and non-stinging hairs on the same plant.[1]
The genus contains 22[1] species, including:
- Laportea aestuans (L.) Chew — West Indian woodnettle
- Laportea bulbifera (Siebold & Zucc.) Wedd.
- Laportea canadensis (L.) Wedd. — Canadian woodnettle
- Laportea cuneata (A.Rich.) Chew. — Weedy woodnettle
- Laportea cuspidata (Wedd.) Friis
- Laportea grossa (Wedd.) Chew
- Laportea interrupta (L.) Chew. — Hawaiian woodnettle
- Laportea peduncularis (Wedd.) Chew
- Laportea pterostigma Wedd. — Poisonous woodnettle
- Laportea urentissima Gagnep.
The genus was named after the French naturalist François Louis de la Porte, comte de Castelnau.[2]
References
- ^ a b "Laportea". Flora of North America.
- ^ Weddell, H. A. Chloris Andina. 1857. Essai d'une flore de la region alpine des Cordilleres de l'Amerique du Sud. Vol. 1. Bertrand.
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