A family of about 45 genera & about 800 species of flowering plants, mostly herbs or small shrubs, but some trees & vines. Native nearly worldwide, but mostly in tropical & subtropical regions.
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UrticaceaeOther English names (not proposed):
stinging nettle familyAndere deutsche Namen (nicht vorgeschlagen):
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UrticaceenTaxonomic citation:
Urticaceae Jussieu, Genera Plantarum 400. 1789.
Other genera or species (not proposed):
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Boehmeria cylindrica (L.) Sw. -
bog hemp,
smallspike false nettle [N. Amer., W.I., & S. Amer.]
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Dendrocnide excelsa (Wedd.) Chew -
Australian nettle tree,
fibrewood,
giant stinging tree [Austral.]
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Dendrocnide meyeniana (Walp.) Chew -
lipa tree [trop. se. Asia]
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Dendrocnide moroides (Wedd.) Chew -
Australische Brennnessel,
gimpi gimpi,
gympie,
gympie stinger,
moonlighter,
mulberry-leaved stinger,
stinger,
stinging bush [Austral., considered to be the world’s most toxic plant]
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Dendrocnide photinophylla (Kunth) Chew -
shining-leaved stinging tree [Austral.]
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Dendrocnide sinuata (Blume) Chew -
elephant nettle,
fever nettle,
pulus [Asia]
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Elatostema pulchrum Hallier f. -
Melonenbegonie,
trailing watermelon begonia [se. Asia, houseplant]
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Elatostema rugosum A.Cunn. -
New Zealand begonia [NZ]
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Girardinia diversifolia (Link) Friis -
Himalayan giant nettle,
Nilgiri nettle [s. cent. Asia]
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Hesperocnide sandwicensis (Wedd.) Wedd. -
Hawai’i nettle [Hawai’i]
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Hesperocnide tenella Torr. -
western nettle [sw. US & nw. Mex.]
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Laportea aestuans (L.) Chew -
West Indian wood-nettle [s. Afr., Mex., W.I., Cent. & S. Amer., naturalized Calif. & Fla.]
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Laportea interrupta (L.) Chew -
Hawaiian wood-nettle [e. & s. Asia, Austral., naturalized Hawai’i]
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Musanga cecropioides Tedlie -
African corkwood tree,
umbrella tree [trop. Afr.]
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Pilea depressa (Sw.) Blume -
creeping Jenny [Mex. & S. Amer., houseplant]
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Pilea fontana (Lunell) Rydb. -
lesser clearweed [N. Amer.]
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Pilea herniarioides (Sw.) Lindl. -
Caribbean clearweed [US & W.I.]
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Pilea inaequalis (Juss. ex Poir.) Wedd. -
West Indian clearweed [W.I.]
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Pilea involucrata (Sims) Urb. -
friendship plant [Cent. & S. Amer., houseplant]
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Pilea krugii Urb. -
Krug’s clearweed [W.I.]
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Pilea leptophylla Urb. -
Puerto Rico clearweed [W.I.]
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Pilea margarettiae Britton -
Margarett's clearweed [W.I.]
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Pilea microphylla (L.) Liebm. -
Artilleriepflanze,
artillery plant,
gunpowder plant,
Kleinblättrige Kanonierblume,
Pistolenpflanze,
rockweed [US, Cent. & S. Amer., naturalized in Switzerland (as
Pilea muscosa), Pakistan, Australia, becoming naturalized in Germany, houseplant]
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Pilea multicaulis Urb. -
Liquillo Mountain clearweed [W.I.]
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Pilea nummulariifolia (Sw.) Wedd. -
creeping Charlie,
Münzenblättrige Kanonierblume [W.I. & S. Amer., houseplant]
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Pilea parietaria (L.) Blume -
verdolaguilla [W.I.]
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Pilea peperomioides Diels -
Bauchnabelpflanze,
Chinese money plant,
Chinesischer Geldbaum,
Glückstaler,
Missionarspflanze,
missionary plant,
Ufopflanze [China, houseplant]
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Pilea peploides (Gaudich.) Hook. & Arn. -
Pacific Island clearweed [Pac. Is.]
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Pilea pumila (L.) A. Gray -
Canadian clearweed [N. Amer.]
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Pilea repens (Sw.) Wedd. -
black-leaf panamiga [W.I., houseplant]
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Pilea richardii Urb. -
Richard’s clearweed [W.I.]
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Pilea rivoriae Wedd. -
Antilles clearweed [W.I.]
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Pilea sanctae-crucis Liebm. -
Virgin Island clearweed [W.I.]
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Pilea semidentata (Juss. ex Poir.) Wedd. -
cliffside clearweed [W.I.]
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Pilea tenerrima Miq. -
musgo [W.I.]
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Pilea trianthemoides (Sw.) Lindl. -
artillery plant [US & W.I.]
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Pilea yunquensis (Urb.) Britton & P. Wilson -
mountain clearweed [W.I.]
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Pourouma cecropiifolia Mart. -
Amazon grape,
Amazon tree-grape [S. Amer.]
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Urera baccifera (L.) Gaudich. ex Wedd. -
scratchbush [Mex., W.I., Cent. & S. Amer.]
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Urera caracasana (Jacq.) Gaudich. ex Griseb. -
flameberry [S. Amer.]
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