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Merriam-Webster Dictionary:

noun

Definition of nettle family

: Urticaceae

 

Merriam-Webster Dictionary:

plural noun  Ur·ti·ca·ce·ae  \ ˌərtəˈkāsēˌē \

Definition of Urticaceae

: a family of herbs, shrubs, and trees (order Urticales) including many with stinging hairs and having small monoecious, dioecious, or polygamous apetalous flowers followed by fruits that are usually achenes — see strawberry nettle

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Random House Dictionary:

noun

1. the plant family Urticaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants, trees, and shrubs, sometimes covered with stinging hairs, having alternate or opposite simple leaves, clusters of small flowers, and small, dry, seedlike fruit, and including baby’s-tears, clearweed, nettles of the genus Urtica, and ramie.

 

WordNet (Princeton University):

Urticaceae, family Urticaceae, nettle family (a family of plants of order Urticales including many nettles with stinging hairs)

 

Flora of North America:

26. Urticaceae Jussieu

 

Plants Database (US Department of Agriculture):

Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants

Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants

Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants

Class Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons

Subclass Hamamelididae

Order Urticales

Family Urticaceae – Nettle family

 

Encyclopædia Britannica:

Urticaceae, the nettle family (order Rosales) comprising about 54 genera and 2,625 species of herbs, shrubs, small trees, and a few vines, distributed primarily in tropical regions.

 

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FloraWeb (Bundesamt für Naturschutz):

Unterreich Cormobionta ; Gefäßpflanzen

Abteilung Angiospermae = Magnoliophyta A. Braun & Doell; Bedecktsamer

Klasse Dicotyledonae = Magnoliopsida DC.; Zweikeimblättrige

Unterklasse Hamamelidae Takht.; Zaubernussähnliche

Ordnung Urticales Lindley; Brennesselartige

Familie Urticaceae Juss.; Brennesselgewächse

     *Canoo Wörterbuch labels the spelling “Brennessel” as “Alt, nach Reform ungültig”.

 

Flora von Deutschland (Thomas Meyer):

Familie: Brennnesselgewächse (Urticaceae)

 

NatureGate (Helsinki):

Brennnesselgewächse, Urticaceae

 

Naturhistorisches Museum Wien:

Urticaceae / Brennnesselgewächse (Nesselgewächse)

 

G. Habermehl (Springer-Verlag, Mar 13, 2013), S. 62:

 

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Hydrokultur (Essen):

Urticaceae - Nesselgewächse

Distribution / Verbreitung: Worldwide

Pictures / Bilder of various species of Urticaceae

 

Other English names (not proposed):

 

Andere deutsche Namen (nicht vorgeschlagen):

die Urticaceen

 

Taxonomic citation:

• Urticaceae Jussieu, Genera Plantarum 400. 1789.

 

Other scientific synonyms (not proposed):

• Cecropiaceae C.C. Berg (1978)

• Parietariaceae Bercht. & J. Presl (1820)

 

Internal structure & classification within the Urticaceae (not proposed):

• tribe Boehmerieae Gaudich. (1830)

• tribe Cecropieae Dumort. (1829)

• tribe Elatostemeae Gaudich. (1830)

• tribe Urticeae Lam. & DC. (1806)

 

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