Laportea

Laportea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Rosales
Family:	Urticaceae
Tribe:
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[]

Laportea canadensis

As of August 2020, Kew's Plants of the World Online lists 36 species in the genus Laportea:^[3]

Laportea aestuans (L.) Chew — West Indian woodnettle
Hook.f.
(Baker) Leandri
Gaudich.
Warb.
(Siebold & Zucc.) Wedd.
Laportea canadensis (L.) Wedd. — Canada nettle
(A.Rich.) Chew
(Wedd.) Friis
(Roxb.) Wedd.
(Gagnep.) Chew
(Baker) Leandri
C.J.Chen
Ridl.
Laportea grossa (Wedd.) Chew — spotted nettle
(Baill.) Friis
Lauterb.
(L.) Chew
W.T.Wang
(Engl.) Chew
Wedd.
H.J.P.Winkl.
C.J.Chen
(Hiern) Chew
(Baker) Friis
(Schumach. & Thonn.) Chew
Laportea peduncularis (Wedd.) Chew — river nettle
K.Schum. & Lauterb.
Leandri
(G.Forst.) Chew
Leandri
Bhellum & B.Singh
Merr.
Gagnep.
Gagnep.
Leandri

References[]

^ "Laportea". Flora of North America.
^ Weddell, H. A. Chloris Andina. 1857. Essai d'une flore de la region alpine des Cordilleres de l'Amerique du Sud. Vol. 1. Bertrand.
^ "Laporea Gaudich". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 1 September 2020.

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[fna-1] "Laportea". Flora of North America.

[2] Weddell, H. A. Chloris Andina. 1857. Essai d'une flore de la region alpine des Cordilleres de l'Amerique du Sud. Vol. 1. Bertrand.

[powo-3] "Laporea Gaudich". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 1 September 2020.

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