Droguetia

Droguetia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Urticaceae.[1]

Droguetia
Droguetia leptostachys as Droguetia elliptica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Tracheophytes
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Eudicots
Clade:Rosids
Order:Rosales
Family:Urticaceae
Genus:Droguetia
Gaudich.
Synonyms

Didymogyne Wedd.
Drouguetia Endl.

Its wide native range is Africa and the Arabian Peninsula and China.[1]

Its genus name of Droguetia is in honour of Marc Julien Droguet (1769–1836), French naval doctor.[2] and it was published in Voy. Uranie on page 505 in 1830.[1]

Known species:[1]

  • Droguetia ambigua Wedd.
  • Droguetia debilis Rendle
  • Droguetia gaudichaudiana Marais
  • Droguetia hildebrandtii Friis & Wilmot-Dear
  • Droguetia humbertii Leandri
  • Droguetia iners (Forssk.) Schweinf.
  • Droguetia leptostachys (Juss. ex Pers.) Wedd.

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