Laportea

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordoo: Rosales

Familia: Urticaceae
Tribus: Urticeae
Genus: Laportea
Species: L. aestuans – L. alatipes – L. amberana – L. americana – L. armata – L. bulbifera – L. canadensis – L. cuneata – L. cuspidata – L. decumana – L. disepala – L. floribunda – L. fujianensis – L. glabra – L. grossa – L. humblotii – L. humilis – L. interrupta – L. jinganensis – L. lageensis – L. lanceolata – L. laxiflora – L. mammosisetosa – L. medogensis – L. mooreana – L. oligoloba – L. ovalifolia – L. peduncularis – L. pedunculata – L. perrieri – L. ruderalis – L. septentrionalis – L. stolonifera – L. sumatrana – L. ventricosa – L. violacea – L. weddellii
Name

Laportea Gaud., Voy. Uranie, Bot. 498. (1830)

type species: Laportea canadensis (L.) Wedd., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. sér. 4, 1: 181. (1854)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Fleurya Gaudich.
Fleuryopsis Opiz
Haynea Schumach. & Thonn.
Kermula Noronha
Oblixilis Raf.
Sceptrocnide Maxim.
Schychowskya Endl.
Sclepsion Raf. ex Wedd.
Urticastrum Heist. ex Fabr.

References

Gaudichaud-Beaupré, C. 1830. Voyage autour du Monde, entrepris par Ordre du Roi, . . . Execute sur les Corvettes de S.M. l'Uranie et la Physicienne . . . par M. Louis de Freycinet. Botanique Series 4, 498.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Laportea in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Oct. 14. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Laportea. Published online. Accessed: Oct. 14 2020.
Tropicos.org 2020. Laportea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Oct. 14.

Vernacular names
eesti: Laportea
日本語: ムカゴイラクサ属
Türkçe: Ağaç ısırganı

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

"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.