Pipturus

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: Boehmerieae
Genus: Pipturus
Species: P. albidus – P. angustifolius – P. argenteus – P. asper – P. australium – P. ceramicus – P. cinnamomeus – P. dentatus – P. forbesii – P. grandifolius – P. grantii – P. henryanus – P. hubertii – P. kauaiensis – P. ledermannii – P. lithospermum – P. micronesicus – P. montanus – P. oreophilus – P. platyphyllus – P. polynesicus – P. pullei – P. ruber – P. schaeferi – P. subinteger – P. succulentus – P. tooviianus – P. verticillatus – P. viridis – P. vitiensis
Name

Pipturus Wedd., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. sér. 4, 1: 196. (1854)

Type species: Pipturus hubertii Bennet, Indian J. Forest. 1(1): 22, nom. nov., as 'huberti' (1978) type originally designated as Boehmeria velutina Decne. (1834)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Botrymorus Miq.
Perlarius Rumph. ex Kuntze

References

Weddell, H.A. 1854. Annales des Sciences Naturelles; Botanique Series 4, 1: 196.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Pipturus 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. 12. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Pipturus. Published online. Accessed: Oct. 12 2020.
Tropicos.org 2020. Pipturus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Oct. 12.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Pipturus in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Pipturus is a flowering plant genus in the nettle family, Urticaceae.
Selected species

Pipturus albidus (Hook. & Arn.) A.Gray ex H.Mann – Māmaki (Hawaii)
Pipturus arborescens (Link) C.B.Rob., 1911
Pipturus argenteus (G.Forst.) Wedd., 1869 – Queensland grass-cloth plant, native mulberry
Pipturus forbesii Krajina
Pipturus platyphyllus Wedd.
Pipturus schaeferi J.Florence (French Polynesia)[1]

Pipturus argenteus flowers and fruit
References

"Subordinate Taxa of Pipturus Wedd". TROPICOS. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 2009-11-28.