Urticaceae A.L. de Jussieu. Nettle Family.
A family of about 45 genera and 1000 species, herbs, shrubs, vines, and trees, of cosmopolitan distribution in tropical, subtropical, and temperate regions.
Ref: Boufford (1997) In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (1997); Friis In Kubitzki, Rohwer, & Bittrich (1993); Miller (1971a); Wu et al. (2018). Show full citations.
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