Urena

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids II
Ordo: Malvales

Familia: Malvaceae
Subfamilia: Malvoideae
Tribus: Hibisceae
Genus: Urena
Species: U. armitiana – U. australiensis – U. lobata – U. pedersenii – U. procumbens – U. repanda – U. rigida – U. trichocarpa
Source(s) of checklist:

Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Urena in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Jan. 16. Reference page.

Name

Urena L., Sp. Pl. 2: 692. (1753)

Type species: Urena lobata L. (1753)

Note: See Hassler (2021) for a reduced species circumscription.
References

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum 2: 692.
Farr, E. R. & Zijlstra, G. (eds.) 1996- Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). Accessed: 2010 Febr 16 [1].
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Urena in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Jan. 16. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2021. Urena. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Jan. 16. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Urena. Published online. Accessed: Jan. 16 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Urena. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Jan. 23.

Urena is a genus of plants which grow in various tropical and subtropical areas throughout the world. Some view the plant as a weed, but others make use of its fiber for various purposes. The leaves and flowers are also a famine food in Africa. Its seeds are spread by animals. Fibers obtained from it are used for making coffee sacks in Brazil.
References

"genus Urena". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) online database. Retrieved 17 April 2017.