Urticaceae
Family in the Global Pollen Project's Master Reference Collection
Distribution
© 2010 Moorea Biocode (licence)
Nettle Family
Annual or perennial herbs, shrubs or small trees, monoecious or dioecious, sometimes with stinging hairs. Stipules usually present. Leaves alternate or opposite, simple or lobed, usually strongly 3-veined from the base. Cystoliths generally present. Inflorescences usually cymose, densely clustered. Flowers minute, unisexual, with 1 whorl of tepals. Ovary superior with 1 erect basal ovule. © Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings (licence)
See more in the Encyclopedia of Life... Definition
- Taxonomic Completion
16.67%
9 of 54 accepted Genera- Global Pollen Project UUID
- d45f20a1-b010-4b39-aaeb-74527a2ed640
- Botanical Reference
- None available. You can check The Plant List for further information.
Connected data sources
This taxon is currently linked to the following locations.
The Plant ListGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility