Nettle Family
Urticaceae
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.
43 branches of this family, most-observed first
Urticeae
tribeUrticeae
Clearweeds
genusPilea
Parietarieae
tribeParietarieae
false nettles and allies
genusBoehmeria
Cecropias
genusCecropia
Elatostema
genusElatostema
Pouzolzia
genusPouzolzia
Oreocnide
genusOreocnide
Debregeasia
genusDebregeasia
Gonostegia
genusGonostegia
Pipturus
genusPipturus
Pellionia
genusPellionia
Australina
genusAustralina
Forsskaolea
genusForsskaolea
Lecanthus
genusLecanthus
Procris
genusProcris
Phenax
genusPhenax
Pourouma
genusPourouma
Myriocarpa
genusMyriocarpa
Coussapoa
genusCoussapoa
Didymodoxa
genusDidymodoxa
Musanga
genusMusanga
Leucosyke
genusLeucosyke
Scepocarpus
genusScepocarpus
Myrianthus
genusMyrianthus
Chamabainia
genusChamabainia
Droguetia
genusDroguetia
Achudemia
genusAchudemia
Maoutia
genusMaoutia
Cypholophus
genusCypholophus
Neraudia
genusNeraudia
Gyrotaenia
genusGyrotaenia
Nothocnide
genusNothocnide
Sarcochlamys
genusSarcochlamys
Elatostematoides
genusElatostematoides
Metatrophis
genusMetatrophis
Parsana
genusParsana
Astrothalamus
genusAstrothalamus
Gibbsia
genusGibbsia
Petelotiella
genusPetelotiella
Metapilea
genusMetapilea
Neodistemon
genusNeodistemon
Archiboehmeria
genusArchiboehmeria
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 51885.