Laportea
Laportea cuspidata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Urticaceae
Tribe: Urticeae
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
  • Laportea alatipes Hook.f.
  • Laportea amberana (Baker) Leandri
  • Laportea americana Gaudich.
  • Laportea armata Warb.
  • Laportea bulbifera (Siebold & Zucc.) Wedd.
  • Laportea canadensis (L.) Wedd. — Canada nettle
  • Laportea cuneata (A.Rich.) Chew
  • Laportea cuspidata (Wedd.) Friis
  • Laportea decumana (Roxb.) Wedd.
  • Laportea disepala (Gagnep.) Chew
  • Laportea floribunda (Baker) Leandri
  • Laportea fujianensis C.J.Chen
  • Laportea glabra Ridl.
  • Laportea grossa (Wedd.) Chew — spotted nettle
  • Laportea humblotii (Baill.) Friis
  • Laportea humilis Lauterb.
  • Laportea interrupta (L.) Chew
  • Laportea lageensis W.T.Wang
  • Laportea lanceolata (Engl.) Chew
  • Laportea laxiflora Wedd.
  • Laportea mammosisetosa H.J.P.Winkl.
  • Laportea medogensis C.J.Chen
  • Laportea mooreana (Hiern) Chew
  • Laportea oligoloba (Baker) Friis
  • Laportea ovalifolia (Schumach. & Thonn.) Chew
  • Laportea peduncularis (Wedd.) Chew — river nettle
  • Laportea pedunculata K.Schum. & Lauterb.
  • Laportea perrieri Leandri
  • Laportea ruderalis (G.Forst.) Chew
  • Laportea septentrionalis Leandri
  • Laportea stolonifera Bhellum & B.Singh
  • Laportea sumatrana Merr.
  • Laportea ventricosa Gagnep.
  • Laportea violacea Gagnep.
  • Laportea weddellii Leandri

References

  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.
  3. ↑ "Laportea Gaudich". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 1 September 2020.


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