Eucnide
Encyclopedia
Eucnide is a genus of plant
s in the family
Loasaceae
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Species include:
Plant
Plants are living organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae. Precise definitions of the kingdom vary, but as the term is used here, plants include familiar organisms such as trees, flowers, herbs, bushes, grasses, vines, ferns, mosses, and green algae. The group is also called green plants or...
s in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Loasaceae
Loasaceae
The Loasaceae is a family of 15-20 genera and about 200-260 species of flowering plants in the order Cornales, native to the Americas and Africa. The family comprises annual, biennial and perennial herbaceous plants, and a few shrubs and small trees.Genera...
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Species include:
- Eucnide bartonioides Zucc. - Yellow Stingbush
- Eucnide rupestris (Baill.) H.J. Thompson & Ernst - Rock Nettle, Rock Stingbush
- Eucnide urensEucnide urensEucnide urens, also known as Desert Rock Nettle, is a shrub which is native to desert areas in California, Arizona, Utah and Baja California. Other common names are Velcro Plant and Vegetable Velcro....
(Parry ex Gray) Parry - Desert Rock Nettle, Desert Stingbush, Stingbush