Biology:Laportea
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Short description: Genus of flowering plants
| 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]
Species
(As of August 2020), Kew's Plants of the World Online lists 36 species in the genus Laportea:[3]
References
- ↑ "Laportea". Flora of North America. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=117613.
- ↑ Weddell, H. A. Chloris Andina. 1857. Essai d'une flore de la region alpine des Cordilleres de l'Amerique du Sud. Vol. 1. Bertrand.
- ↑ "Laportea Gaudich.". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:331699-2. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
Wikidata ☰ Q139118 entry
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