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.[1] The genus was named after the French naturalist Francis de Laporte de Castelnau.[2]
| Laportea | |
|---|---|
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| Laportea cuspidata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Urticaceae |
| Tribe: | Urticeae |
| Genus: | Laportea Gaudich. |
Species
As of August 2020[update], Kew's Plants of the World Online lists 36 species in the genus Laportea:[3]
- Laportea aestuans (L.) Chew — West Indian woodnettle
- Laportea alatipes Hook.f.
- Laportea amberana (Baker) Leandri
- Laportea americana Gaudich.
- Laportea armata Warb.
- Laportea bulbifera (Siebold & Zucc.) Wedd.
- Laportea canadensis (L.) Wedd. — Canada nettle
- Laportea cuneata (A.Rich.) Chew
- Laportea cuspidata (Wedd.) Friis
- Laportea decumana (Roxb.) Wedd.
- Laportea disepala (Gagnep.) Chew
- Laportea floribunda (Baker) Leandri
- Laportea fujianensis C.J.Chen
- Laportea glabra Ridl.
- Laportea grossa (Wedd.) Chew — spotted nettle
- Laportea humblotii (Baill.) Friis
- Laportea humilis Lauterb.
- Laportea interrupta (L.) Chew
- Laportea lageensis W.T.Wang
- Laportea lanceolata (Engl.) Chew
- Laportea laxiflora Wedd.
- Laportea mammosisetosa H.J.P.Winkl.
- Laportea medogensis C.J.Chen
- Laportea mooreana (Hiern) Chew
- Laportea oligoloba (Baker) Friis
- Laportea ovalifolia (Schumach. & Thonn.) Chew
- Laportea peduncularis (Wedd.) Chew — river nettle
- Laportea pedunculata K.Schum. & Lauterb.
- Laportea perrieri Leandri
- Laportea ruderalis (G.Forst.) Chew
- Laportea septentrionalis Leandri
- Laportea stolonifera Bhellum & B.Singh
- Laportea sumatrana Merr.
- Laportea ventricosa Gagnep.
- Laportea violacea Gagnep.
- Laportea weddellii Leandri