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Urticaceae (nettle)

Angiospermae - Rosales - Urticaceae

Taxonomy
Urticaceae was named by de Jussieu (1789). It is extant.

It was assigned to Urticales by Knowlton (1919) and Mabberley (2000); and to Rosales by Jud (2011) and The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1789Urticaceae de Jussieu
1919Urticaceae Knowlton
2000Urticaceae Mabberley
2011Urticaceae Jud
2016Urticaceae The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group p. 16

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
—Rosids
—Eurosids
RankNameAuthor
—Fabid
orderRosales
familyUrticaceaede Jussieu 1789
familyUrticaceaede Jussieu 1789

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. Urticaceae de Jussieu 1789 [nettle]
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G. Cecropia Loefling 1758
G. †Forskohleanthium Conwentz 1886
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†Forskohleanthium nudum Conwentz 1886
G. †Lebephyllum Wilson 1913
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†Lebephyllum reineckei Wilson 1913
G. Pilea Lindley 1821
G. Pouzolzia Gaudichaud-Beaupré 1830
G. Sarcochlamys Gaudichaud-Beaupré 1844
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†Sarcochlamys miopulcherrima Prasad et al. 2017
G. Urtica Linnaeus 1753
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Urtica dioica Linnaeus 1753
G. †Urticicarpum Reid and Chandler 1933
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†Urticicarpum scutellum Reid and Chandler 1933
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available