View source for Boehmeria ← Boehmeria You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason: The action you have requested is limited to users in the group: Users. You can view and copy the source of this page. {{Treatment/ID |accepted_name=Boehmeria |accepted_authority=Jacquin |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Enum. Syst. Pl., |place=9. 1760 |year=1760 }} |common_names=False-nettle |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Urticaceae;Boehmeria |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Urticaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Boehmeria]]</div></div> |etymology=for G. R. Böhmer, German botanist |volume=Volume 3 |mention_page= |treatment_page= }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism growth form;whole_organism duration;whole_organism architecture;whole_organism pubescence;whole_organism course;whole_organism course;whole_organism course;whole_organism course;whole_organism growth form;whole_organism growth form;hair toxicity"><b>Herbs,</b> subshrubs, or shrubs, perennial, rhizomatous, without stinging hairs, sparsely to ± densely pubescent or tomentose with hooked, curved, or straight, nonstinging hairs on all parts of plant.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="stem architecture;stem orientation"><b>Stems </b>simple to freely branched, erect.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="leaf arrangement;leaf arrangement;leaf arrangement;leaf arrangement;leaf arrangement;leaf arrangement"><b>Leaves </b>opposite or nearly opposite, or alternate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="stipule presence">stipules present.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="leaf-blade shape;base shape;base shape;margin architecture or shape;margin architecture or shape;apex shape"><b>Leaf-</b>blades lanceolate to broadly ovate, base rounded to cordate, less often cuneate, margins dentate or serrate, apex acuminate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="cystolith shape">cystoliths rounded.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="inflorescence position;inflorescence shape;inflorescence arrangement"><b>Inflorescences </b>axillary, spikelike or paniculate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="flower reproduction;flower architecture;flower architecture;flower arrangement;flower arrangement;flower arrangement;inflorescence arrangement"><b>Flowers </b>unisexual, staminate and pistillate flowers on same plant, rarely on different plants, in remote or crowded clusters in same or separate inflorescence;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="bract arrangement or course or shape">bracts linear.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="flower architecture;tepal quantity"><b>Staminate </b>flowers: tepals 4;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="flower architecture;stamen quantity">stamens 4;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="flower architecture;pistillode shape">pistillode globose.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="flower architecture;tepal quantity;tepal fusion;tepal fusion"><b>Pistillate </b>flowers: tepals 4, connate, adnate to ovary;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="flower architecture;staminode presence">staminodes absent;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="flower architecture;style duration;style shape">style persistent, elongate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="flower architecture;stigma arrangement or course or shape;stigma course;stigma shape">stigma linear, straight or hooked.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="perianth duration"><b>Achenes </b>sessile, laterally compressed, ovoid, nearly orbicular, or ellipsoid, tightly enclosed by persistent perianth.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s17" data-properties="achene architecture;achene shape;achene shape;achene shape;achene shape;achene shape;achene shape;x chromosome quantity">x = 14.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=Tropical and subtropical regions worldwide |discussion=<p>Species 50 (2 in the flora).</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><div class="treatment-key"> ==Key== <div class="treatment-key-group"> {| class="wikitable fna-keytable" |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Leaf blades abaxially glabrous, puberulent, or short-pilose, not white-tomentose; inflorescences spikelike. |[[Boehmeria cylindrica|Boehmeria cylindrica]] |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Leaf blades abaxially densely white-tomentose; inflorescences paniculate. |[[Boehmeria nivea|Boehmeria nivea]] |} </div></div><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Boehmeria |authority=Jacquin |rank=genus |parent rank=family |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Urticaceae |distribution=Tropical and subtropical regions worldwide |reference=None |publication title=Enum. Syst. Pl., |publication year=1760 |special status= |source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V3/V3_459.xml |genus=Boehmeria |achene architecture=sessile |achene shape=ellipsoid;orbicular;ellipsoid;orbicular;ovoid;compressed |apex shape=acuminate |base shape=cuneate;rounded;cordate |bract arrangement or course or shape=linear |cystolith shape=rounded |flower architecture=pistillate;pistillate;pistillate;pistillate;staminate;staminate;staminate;pistillate;staminate |flower arrangement=cluster;crowded;remote |flower reproduction=unisexual |hair toxicity=stinging |inflorescence arrangement=separate;paniculate |inflorescence position=axillary |inflorescence shape=spikelike |leaf arrangement=alternate;opposite;opposite;alternate;opposite;opposite |leaf-blade shape=lanceolate;broadly ovate |margin architecture or shape=serrate;dentate |perianth duration=persistent |pistillode shape=globose |stamen quantity=4 |staminode presence=absent |stem architecture=simple;freely branched |stem orientation=erect |stigma arrangement or course or shape=linear |stigma course=straight |stigma shape=hooked |stipule presence=absent |style duration=persistent |style shape=elongate |tepal fusion=adnate;connate |tepal quantity=4;4 |whole_organism architecture=rhizomatous |whole_organism course=straight;curved;straight;curved |whole_organism duration=perennial |whole_organism growth form=shrub;subshrub;herb |whole_organism pubescence=sparsely;more or less densely pubescent or tomentose |x chromosome quantity=14 }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Urticaceae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Treatment/AuthorLink (view source) Template:Treatment/Body (view source) Template:Treatment/Body/Maps (view source) Template:Treatment/ID (view source) Template:Treatment/Publication (view source) Template:Urticaceae (view source) Return to Boehmeria.