Urera
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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Urera

flameberry
hopue
opuhe
ortiga
scratchbush
urera

Hierarchical position of the Genus Urera

   Regnum  Plantae
common name: The plant kingdom
  
   Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist
syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta
pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
common name: angiosperms, flowering plants
  
   Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal
pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
common name: Angiosperms
  
   Classis  Rosopsida Batsch
pub. Dispos. Gen. Pl. Jenens.: 28. 1788.
  
   Subclassis  Dilleniidae Takht. ex Reveal & Tahkt.
pub. 1993
  
   SuperOrdo  Urticanae Takht. ex Reveal
pub. Novon 2: 237. 1992.
  
   Ordo  Urticales Dumort.
pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 15. 1829.
  
   Familia  Urticaceae Juss.
pub. Gen. Pl.: 400. 4 Aug 1789.
common name: Nettles
  
   Subfamilia  Ureroideae Leurss.
pub. Handb. Syst. Bot. 2: 521. Nov 1880.
   Tribus  Urereae Wedd.
pub. Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., s�r. 4, 1: 174. Jan-Mar 1854.
   Subtribus  Urerinae Griseb.
pub. Fl. Brit. W. I.: 154. Jun 1859.
   Genus  Urera Gaudich.
pub. (1830)
common name: urera

Named members of the Genus Urera

1
   Species  baccifera (L.) Gaud.
common name: scratchbush
2
   Species  caracasana (Jacq.) Gaud. ex Griseb.
common name: flameberry
3
   Species  chlorocarpa Urban
common name: ortiga
4
   Species  glabra (Hook. & Arn.) Weddell
common name: hopue
5
   Species  kaalae Wawra
common name: opuhe
6
   Species  konaensis St. John
syn. Urera glabra
7
   Species  obovata Benth.
common name: urera
8
   Species  sandvicensis Weddell
 
9
   Varietas  kauaiensis Rock
syn. Urera glabra
10
   Varietas  mollis Weddell
syn. Urera glabra

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.

 

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