Urticaceae Juss.

First published in Gen. Pl. [Jussieu] 400. 1789 [4 Aug 1789] (as "Urticae") (1789)nom. cons.
This family is accepted

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Genera

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • APG IV (2016) http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/boj.12385

The Kew Tropical Plant Families Identification Handbook

  • Berg, C. C. (1992). Urticaceae. In: Flora of the Guianas, Ser. A, fasc. 11, fam. 23. Koenigstein.
  • Friis, I. (1991). Urticaceae. In: E. Launert & G. V. Pope (eds), Flora Zambesiaca 9 (6). London. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Friis, I. (1993). Urticaceae. In: K. Kubitzki (ed.), The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 2: 612–630. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
  • Weddell, H. A. (1869). Urticaceae. In: A. De Candolle, Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis, vol. 16, 1. Paris.
  • Wilmot-Dear, C. M. & Friis, I. (1996). The New World species of Boehmeria & Pouzolzia (Urticaceae, tribus Boehmerieae). Opera Bot. 129: 1–103.

Neotropikey

  • Friis, I. (1989). The Urticaceae: a systematic review. In: P.R. Crane & S. Blackmore (eds), Evolution, systematics, and fossil history of the Hamamelidae, vol. 2, Systematics Association Special Volume 40B. pp.285 - 308.  Oxford Science Publications, Oxford.
  • Sytsma, K.J., J. Morawetz, J.C. Pires, M. Nepokroeff, E. Conti, M. Zjhra, J.C. Hall, & M.W. Chase. (2002). Urticalean rosids: circumscription, rosid ancestry, and phylogenetics based on rbcL, trnL-F, and ndhF sequences. American Journal of Botany 89: 1531-1546.
  • Weddell, H.A. 1869. Urticaceae. Pp. 32-23564 in De Candolle, A., Prodromus, systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis. 16(1). Victoris Masson et Filii. Paris.

Trees of New Guinea

  • Friis, I. (1993). Urticaceae. In: K. Kubitzki, J.G. Rohwer & V. Bittrich (eds.), The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 2: 612–630. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
  • Timothy M.A. Utteridge & Melanie Wilmot-Dear (2022). Trees of New Guinea. Timothy M. A. Utteridge and Laura V. S. Jennings (Eds) Kew Publishing. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • Wilmot-Dear, C.M. & Friis, I. (1998). Cypholophus decipiens (Urticaceae): Taxonomy and Range of a Species Often Misplaced in Boehmeria. Kew Bull. 53: 919–927.
  • Wilmot-Dear, C.M. & Friis, I. (2013). The old World species of Boehmeria (Urticaceae, tribus Boehmerieae). A taxonomic revision. Blumea 58: 85–216.
  • Wilmot-Dear, C.M. (2009). Urticaceae for the non-specialist: Identification in the Flora Malesiana region, Indochina and Thailand. Blumea 54: 233–241.

The Kew Temperate Plant Families Identification Handbook

  • Friis, I. (1993). Urticaceae. In: K. Kubitzki, J. G. Rohwer & V. Bittrich (eds), The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants, II: 612–630. Springer Verlag, Berlin & Heidelberg.
  • Weddell, H. A. (1869). Urticaceae. In: A. De Candolle (ed.), Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 16 (1): 32–235. Paris.
  • Wilmot-Dear, C. M. & Friis, I. (2013). The Old World species of Boehmeria (Urticaceae, tribus Boehmerieae). A taxonomic revision. Blumea 58: 85–216.
  • Wilmot-Dear, C. M. (2015c). Urticaceae. In: T. M. A. Utteridge & G. Bramley (eds), The Kew Tropical Plant Families Identification Handbook. 1st edition. pp. 78–79. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Wu, Z. Y., Monro, A. K., Milne, R. I., Wang, H., Yi, T. S., Liu, J. & Li, D. Z. (2013a). Molecular phylogeny of the nettle family (Urticaceae) inferred from multiple loci of three genomes and extensive generic sampling. Molec. Phylogenet. Evol. 69: 814–827.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • EBC Common Names

    • Common Names from Kew's Economic Botany Collection https://www.kew.org/science/collections-and-resources/collections/economic-botany-collection

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of the Cayman Islands

    • Flora of the Cayman Islands
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Neotropikey

    • Milliken, W., Klitgard, B. and Baracat, A. (2009 onwards), Neotropikey - Interactive key and information resources for flowering plants of the Neotropics.
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Trees of New Guinea

    • Trees of New Guinea
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • The Kew Temperate Plant Families Identification Handbook

    • The Kew Temperate Plant Families Identification Handbook
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • The Kew Tropical Plant Families Identification Handbook

    • The Kew Tropical Plant Families Identification Handbook
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0