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Urticaceae

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Also known as nettle family

The Urticaceae are a family, the nettle family, of flowering plants. The family name comes from the genus Urtica. The Urticaceae family includes a number of well-known and useful plants, including nettles in the genus Urtica, Ramie (Boehmeria nivea), māmaki (Pipturus albidus), and ajlai (Debregeasia saeneb).

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Urticaceae is a taxonomic family within the order Rosales. It belongs to the class Magnoliopsida, phylum Tracheophyta, and kingdom Plantae. The family’s taxonomic type is Urtica, and its status is accepted. Common names for the group include brandnetelfamilie, as well as various other linguistic designations.

Records for Urticaceae have been documented in Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, and Panama. These records are associated with institutions such as ECOSUR, CICY, DERN-IMECBIO-CUCSUR-UDG, INECOL, and FC-UNAM. The family has been described in sources including the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition.

Synthesized by Vinony from 40 facts across 8 sources: Wikidata, GBIF, PubMed, Gbif Occ, Plants of the World, WoRMS, iDigBio, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Species

brandnetelfamilie

Urticaceae

FAMILY

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderRosales
  5. FamilyUrticaceae
Observations recorded3,177,554

荨麻科根据不同的分类法共有54至79属，大约2600种，基本都是草本，偶尔有灌木种，广泛分布在除极地外的世界各地，最大的属是冷水花属，有500至600种，此外如楼梯草属有300种，荨麻属有80种。 本科植物没有乳汁，茎皮有较长的纤维，表皮细胞有钙质钟乳体，所以在叶上和枝干上有点状或长形浅色斑纹，单叶，常两侧不对称。花细小，多单性，聚成二级头状或假穗状花序。果实为坚果或核果。

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
3,545
With media
2,416
Family
Urticaceae
Collections
ECOSUR, CICY, DERN-IMECBIO-CUCSUR-UDG, INECOL, FC-UNAM, IIB-UV
Recorded in
Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama
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Research

1,385 papers

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Rosales
Image
Urtica dioica (Blüten).jpg
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Commons category
Urticaceae
taxon rank
family
taxon name
Urticaceae
topic's main category
Category:Urticaceae
GRIN URL
npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomyfamily.aspx?id=1165
taxon common name
koprivovke
taxonomic type
Urtica
Montana Plant Life URL
montana.plant-life.org/cgi-bin/family03.cgi?Urticaceae
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Encyclopedic overview

12 sections
Contents
  • Description
  • Uses
  • Diseases
  • Fossil record
  • Taxonomy
  • Classification
  • Phylogeny
  • Tribes and genera
  • Image gallery
  • References
  • Further reading
  • External links

The Urticaceae are a family, the nettle family, of flowering plants. The family name comes from the genus Urtica. The Urticaceae family includes a number of well-known and useful plants, including nettles in the genus Urtica, Ramie (Boehmeria nivea), māmaki (Pipturus albidus), and ajlai (Debregeasia saeneb).

The family includes about 2,625 species, grouped into 53 genera. The largest genera are Pilea (500 to 715 species), Elatostema (300 species), Urtica (80 species), and Cecropia (75 species). Cecropia contains many myrmecophytes.

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