Laportea
{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}
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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. The genus was named after the French naturalist Francis de Laporte de Castelnau.Weddell, H. A. Chloris Andina. 1857. [https://archive.org/details/mobot31753002679477 Essai d'une flore de la region alpine des Cordilleres de l'Amerique du Sud]. Vol. 1. Bertrand.
Species
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{{As of|August 2020}}, Kew's Plants of the World Online lists 36 species in the genus Laportea:{{r|powo}}
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- Laportea aestuans {{small|(L.) Chew}} — West Indian woodnettle
- Laportea alatipes {{small|Hook.f.}}
- Laportea amberana {{small|(Baker) Leandri}}
- Laportea americana {{small|Gaudich.}}
- Laportea armata {{small|Warb.}}
- Laportea bulbifera {{small|(Siebold & Zucc.) Wedd.}}
- Laportea canadensis {{small|(L.) Wedd.}} — Canada nettle
- Laportea cuneata {{small|(A.Rich.) Chew}}
- Laportea cuspidata {{small|(Wedd.) Friis}}
- Laportea decumana {{small|(Roxb.) Wedd.}}
- Laportea disepala {{small|(Gagnep.) Chew}}
- Laportea floribunda {{small|(Baker) Leandri}}
- Laportea fujianensis {{small|C.J.Chen}}
- Laportea glabra {{small|Ridl.}}
- Laportea grossa {{small|(Wedd.) Chew}} — spotted nettle
- Laportea humblotii {{small|(Baill.) Friis}}
- Laportea humilis {{small|Lauterb.}}
- Laportea interrupta {{small|(L.) Chew}}
- Laportea lageensis {{small|W.T.Wang}}
- Laportea lanceolata {{small|(Engl.) Chew}}
- Laportea laxiflora {{small|Wedd.}}
- Laportea mammosisetosa {{small|H.J.P.Winkl.}}
- Laportea medogensis {{small|C.J.Chen}}
- Laportea mooreana {{small|(Hiern) Chew}}
- Laportea oligoloba {{small|(Baker) Friis}}
- Laportea ovalifolia {{small|(Schumach. & Thonn.) Chew}}
- Laportea peduncularis {{small|(Wedd.) Chew}} — river nettle
- Laportea pedunculata {{small|K.Schum. & Lauterb.}}
- Laportea perrieri {{small|Leandri}}
- Laportea ruderalis {{small|(G.Forst.) Chew}}
- Laportea septentrionalis {{small|Leandri}}
- Laportea stolonifera {{small|Bhellum & B.Singh}}
- Laportea sumatrana {{small|Merr.}}
- Laportea ventricosa {{small|Gagnep.}}
- Laportea violacea {{small|Gagnep.}}
- Laportea weddellii {{small|Leandri}}
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References
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{{cite web |title=Laportea Gaudich. |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:331699-2 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |accessdate=1 September 2020}}
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Category:Taxa named by François-Louis Laporte, comte de Castelnau
Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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