Laportea
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Laportea is a genus of plant
s in the family Urticaceae
, named after French naturalist François Louis de la Porte, comte de Castelnau
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They are herbaceous
, either annual or perennial. Like many plants of the Urticaceae
, they have stinging hairs, and have stinging and non-stinging hairs on the same plant.
The genus contains 22 species, including:
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 Urticaceae
Urticaceae
Urticaceae, or the nettle family, is a family of flowering plants. The family name comes from the genus Urtica . Urticaceae includes a number of well-known and useful plants, including the aforementioned nettles, Ramie , māmaki , and ajlai .The family includes approximately 2600 species, grouped...
, named after French naturalist François Louis de la Porte, comte de Castelnau
François Louis de la Porte, comte de Castelnau
François Louis Nompar de Caumont LaPorte, comte de Castelnau was a French naturalist, known also as François Laporte or Francis de Castelnau.-Life:Born in London, he studied natural history in Paris...
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They are herbaceous
Herbaceous plant
A herbaceous plant is a plant that has leaves and stems that die down at the end of the growing season to the soil level. They have no persistent woody stem above ground...
, either annual or perennial. Like many plants of the Urticaceae
Urticaceae
Urticaceae, or the nettle family, is a family of flowering plants. The family name comes from the genus Urtica . Urticaceae includes a number of well-known and useful plants, including the aforementioned nettles, Ramie , māmaki , and ajlai .The family includes approximately 2600 species, grouped...
, they have stinging hairs, and have stinging and non-stinging hairs on the same plant.
The genus contains 22 species, including:
- Laportea aestuansLaportea aestuansLaportea aestuans , the West Indian woodnettle, is an annual herb of the Urticaceae or nettle family.It is possibly native to tropical Africa, although it now is widespread as an introduced species throughout both the western hemisphere and eastern hemisphere tropics and subtropics, including the...
(L.) Chew. - West Indian woodnettle - Laportea canadensisLaportea canadensisLaportea canadensis or wood-nettle, is an annual or perennial herbaceous plant of the nettle family Urticaceae, native to eastern and central North America...
(L.) Weddell. - Canadian woodnettle - Laportea cuneata (A. Rich.) Chew. - Weedy woodnettle
- Laportea cuspidata
- Laportea interrupta (L.) Chew. - Hawaiian woodnettle
- Laportea pterostigma Weddell. - Poisonous woodnettle
- Laportea urentissimaLaportea urentissimaLaportea urentissima is a species of plant in the Urticaceae family. It is found in China and Vietnam. It is threatened by habitat loss.-Source:* Sun, W. 1998. . Downloaded on 22 August 2007....
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