- Family:
- Urticaceae Juss.
Pouzolzia Gaudich.

[FZ]
Urticaceae, I. Friis. Flora Zambesiaca 9:6. 1991
- Morphology General Habit
- Erect annual or perennial herbs, or shrubs, monoecious.
- Morphology General Cystoliths
- Cystoliths dot-like.
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves alternate, opposite or verticillate, petiolate or sessile, entire or dentate; stipules free, lateral.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Inflorescences of compact, axillary bisexual glomerules.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Female flowers sessile, with an indefinite number of completely fused tepals which enclose the erect ovaries; staminodes absent; stigma sessile, filiform with lateral papillae, deciduous. Male flowers pedicellate, 4–5-merous, tepals rarely with transverse crests or wings, ovaries rudimentary or absent.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Achene ± compressed ovoid, completely enclosed in the persistent membranaceous perianth.
[FTEA]
Urticaceae, I. Friis University of Copenhagen, Denmark. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1989
- Morphology General Habit
- Erect annual or, more often, perennial herbs or shrubs, monoecious
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves alternate, opposite or verticillate, petiolate or sessile, entire or dentate, cystoliths dot-like; stipules free, lateral
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Inflorescence of compact axillary bisexual glomerules
- sex Male
- Male flowers pedicellate, 4–5-merous; tepals rarely with transversal crests or wings; rudimentary ovary present or absent
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Female flowers sessile, with an indefinite number of completely fused tepals enclosing the ovary, sometimes apparently fused with it in the lower part, often with ± clearly marked longitudinal ridges or wings; staminodes absent; stigma sessile, filiform with lateral papillae, deciduous Male flowers pedicellate, 4–5-merous; tepals rarely with transversal crests or wings; rudimentary ovary present or absent
- sex Female
- Female flowers sessile, with an indefinite number of completely fused tepals enclosing the ovary, sometimes apparently fused with it in the lower part, often with ± clearly marked longitudinal ridges or wings; staminodes absent; stigma sessile, filiform with lateral papillae, deciduous
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Achene ovoid, erect, ± compressed, completely enclosed in the persistent membranous perianth.
[FSOM]
M. Thulin et al. Flora of Somalia, Vol. 1-4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS
- Morphology General Habit
- Erect monoecious annual or perennial herbs, or shrubs; cystoliths dot-like
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves alternate, petiolate; blade entire or dentate; stipules free, lateral. Inflorescences compact axillary bisexual glomerules, usually provided with linear to ovate bracts with hooked hairs
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Female flowers sessile, with an indefinite number of completely fused tepals which enclose the erect ovary; staminodes absent; stigma sessile, articulated just above the ovary, filiform with unilateral papillae, deciduous Male flowers pedicellate, 4–5-merous, ovary rudimentary or absent
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Achene ovoid, completely enclosed in and often partly fused with the persisting membranous perianth.
- Distribution
- About 45 species, mainly in the tropics of the Old World.
Native to:
Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Borneo, Botswana, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Caroline Is., Central African Repu, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Comoros, Costa Rica, East Himalaya, Ecuador, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hainan, Honduras, India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, Kermadec Is., KwaZulu-Natal, Laccadive Is., Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Maldives, Mali, Maluku, Mauritius, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, New Guinea, Nicaragua, Nicobar Is., Nigeria, Norfolk Is., Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Pakistan, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Rwanda, Réunion, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Socotra, Solomon Is., Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tibet, Togo, Trinidad-Tobago, Uganda, Venezuela, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
Introduced into:
Fiji, Florida
- Pouzolzia acalyphoides (Blume) Wedd.
- Pouzolzia amambaiensis Friis & Wilmot-Dear
- Pouzolzia arachnoidea (Walp.) Wedd.
- Pouzolzia australis (Endl.) Friis & Wilmot-Dear
- Pouzolzia baronii Leandri
- Pouzolzia boiviniana (Wedd.) Wedd.
- Pouzolzia bracteosa Friis
- Pouzolzia calophylla W.T.Wang & C.J.Chen
- Pouzolzia ceramica Blume
- Pouzolzia conglobata (Blume) Miq.
- Pouzolzia cordata Benn.
- Pouzolzia cymosa Wight
- Pouzolzia denudata De Wild. & T.Durand
- Pouzolzia fadenii Friis & Jellis
- Pouzolzia floresiana Friis & Wilmot-Dear
- Pouzolzia formicaria (Poepp. ex Wedd.) Wedd.
- Pouzolzia frondosa (D.Don) Kuntze
- Pouzolzia gaudichaudii Leandri
- Pouzolzia guatemalana (Blume) Wedd.
- Pouzolzia guineensis Benth.
- Pouzolzia herpetophyton Friis & Wilmot-Dear
- Pouzolzia humbertii Leandri
- Pouzolzia integrifolia Dalzell
- Pouzolzia laevigata Gaudich.
- Pouzolzia laevis (Wedd.) Wedd.
- Pouzolzia latistipula Friis & Wilmot-Dear
- Pouzolzia longipes Killip
- Pouzolzia mandrarensis Leandri
- Pouzolzia mixta Solms
- Pouzolzia niveotomentosa W.T.Wang
- Pouzolzia nudiflora (Willd.) Friis & Wilmot-Dear
- Pouzolzia obliqua (Wedd.) Wedd.
- Pouzolzia occidentalis (Liebm.) Wedd.
- Pouzolzia papuana K.Schum. & Lauterb.
- Pouzolzia parasitica (Forssk.) Schweinf.
- Pouzolzia peteri Friis
- Pouzolzia poeppigiana (Wedd.) Killip
- Pouzolzia pringlei Greenm.
- Pouzolzia purpusii Brandegee
- Pouzolzia revoluta Blume
- Pouzolzia rubricaulis (Blume) Wedd.
- Pouzolzia rugulosa (Wedd.) Acharya & Kravtsova
- Pouzolzia sanguinea (Blume) Merr.
- Pouzolzia saxophila Friis, Wilmot-Dear & A.K.Monro
- Pouzolzia scaberrima Killip
- Pouzolzia taiwaniana C.I Peng & S.W.Chung
- Pouzolzia thailandica Friis & Wilmot-Dear
- Pouzolzia tsaratananensis Friis & Wilmot-Dear
- Pouzolzia variifolia Friis & Wilmot-Dear
- Pouzolzia vesicaria (Roxb.) Wight
- Pouzolzia weddellii Leandri
- Pouzolzia zeylanica (L.) Benn.
Pouzolzia Gaudich. appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Wallich, N. [Cat. no. s.n.], Myanmar | K001132551 | Yes |
First published in Voy. Uranie: 503 (1830)
Accepted by
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Literature
Flora of West Tropical Africa
- —F.T.A. 6, 2: 286.
Flora Zambesiaca
- Friis & Jellis in Kew Bull. 39: 587–601 (1984).
- in Freyc., Voy. Monde, Bot.: 503 (1830).
Flora of Somalia
- Flora Somalia, Vol 2, (1999) Author: by I. Friis [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
- Friis & Jellis in Kew Bull. 39: 587–601 (1984).
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Engl. in E. & P. Pf. 3(1): 112 (1888)
- Friis & Jellis in K.B. 39: 587–601 (1984)
- G.F.P. 2: 188 (1967)
- G.P. 3: 387 (1880)
- in Freyc., Voy. Monde, Bot: 503 (1830)
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