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Urticaceae

not marked as a favorite taxon Urticaceae A.L. de Jussieu. Common name: Nettle Family.

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A family of about 45 genera and 1000 species, herbs, shrubs, vines, and trees, of cosmopolitan distribution in tropical, subtropical, and temperate regions. Classification of tribes and genera follows Fu et al. (2025).

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References: Boufford (1997) In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (1997); Friis (1993) In Kubitzki, Rohwer, & Bittrich (1993); Fu et al. (2025); Kubitzki (1993f) In Kubitzki, Rohwer, & Bittrich (1993); Miller (1971a); Wu et al. (2018). Show full citations.

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image #1 of Urticaceae© Gary P. Fleming | Urtica | Original Image ⭷
image #2 of Urticaceae© Gary P. Fleming | Pilea | Original Image ⭷
image #3 of Urticaceae© J.W. Hardin | Laportea | Original Image ⭷
image #4 of Urticaceae© Keith Bradley | Laportea | Original Image ⭷
image #5 of Urticaceae© John Gwaltney | Parietaria | Original Image ⭷
image #6 of Urticaceae© Richard & Teresa Ware | Boehmeria cylindrica CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image #7 of Urticaceae© Gary P. Fleming | Boehmeria
image #8 of Urticaceae© Keith Bradley | Parietaria | Original Image ⭷
image #9 of Urticaceae© Gary P. Fleming | Boehmeria
image #10 of Urticaceae© Duarte Frade, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Duarte Frade | Parietaria source CC-BY | Original Image ⭷
image #11 of Urticaceae© Gary P. Fleming | Urtica | Original Image ⭷
image #12 of Urticaceae© Aidan Campos | Pilea source | Original Image ⭷
image #13 of Urticaceae© Oleg Kosterin, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Oleg Kosterin | Urtica source CC-BY | Original Image ⭷
image #14 of Urticaceae© Keith Bradley | Cecropia | Original Image ⭷

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