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Urticaceae
Laportea

not marked as a favorite taxon *Laportea aestuans (Linnaeus) Chew. Common name: West Indian Wood-nettle. Habitat: Waste ground and agricultural areas (e.g. tree farms). Distribution: Pretty regular in Miami, also reported for scattered sites in the se. US (Kartesz 2022). Native of the New World tropics and subtropics.

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Origin/Endemic status: Neotropics

Synonymy ⓘ: = Bah, FNA3, K4, NS, POWO, WH3; Urtica aestuans L. = n/a — RAB. Basionym: Urtica aestuans L. 1759

Links to other floras: = Laportea aestuans - FNA3

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image #1 of Laportea aestuans© Keith Bradley | Original Image ⭷
image #2 of Laportea aestuans© Keith Bradley | Original Image ⭷
image #3 of Laportea aestuans© Paul Marcum source | Original Image ⭷

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