View source for Laportea ← Laportea 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=Laportea |accepted_authority=Gaudichaud Beaupré |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Voy. Uranie |place=12: 498. 1830, name conserved }} |basionyms= |synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym |name=Urticastrum |authority=Heister ex Fabricius |rank=genus }} |hierarchy=Urticaceae;Laportea |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Urticaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Laportea]]</div></div> |etymology=For F.L. de Laporte de Castelnau, leader of expeditions to South America |volume=Volume 3 |mention_page= |treatment_page= }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism duration;whole_organism duration;whole_organism growth form;hair toxicity"><b>Herbs,</b> annual or perennial, with stinging and nonstinging hairs on same plant.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="stem architecture;stem orientation"><b>Stems </b>simple, erect.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="leaf arrangement"><b>Leaves </b>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;margin architecture or shape;margin architecture or shape"><b>Leaf-</b>blades narrowly ovate to orbiculate, margins dentate or serrate;</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 position or structure subtype;cyme arrangement"><b>Inflorescences </b>axillary and terminal, of paniculately arranged cymes.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="flower reproduction;proximal panicle architecture;proximal panicle position or shape;proximal panicle architecture;proximal panicle architecture;proximal panicle architecture;proximal panicle architecture;flower architecture"><b>Flowers </b>unisexual, proximal panicles staminate and distal pistillate, or staminate and pistillate flowers in same panicle;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="bract presence">bracts absent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="flower architecture;tepal quantity;tepal fusion;tepal variability"><b>Staminate </b>flowers: tepals 4-5, distinct, equal;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="flower architecture;stamen quantity">stamens 4-5;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="flower architecture;pistillode shape">pistillode knoblike.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="flower architecture;tepal quantity;tepal fusion;outer tepal size;outer tepal presence;hair shape"><b>Pistillate </b>flowers: tepals 2-4, distinct, outer pair minute or absent, without hooked hairs;</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 shape">style persistent even in fruit, hooklike or elongate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="flower architecture;stigma size">stigma extended along style.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties=""><b>Achenes </b>stipitate, laterally compressed, ±orbicular, free from and not enclosed by perianth.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s17" data-properties="achene architecture;achene shape;achene shape;x chromosome quantity">x=13.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=North America;West Indies;Central America;South America;Asia;Africa;Pacific Islands |discussion=<p>Species 22 (2 in the flora).</p><!-- --><p>Most species of Laportea occur in Africa and Madagascar.</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><div class="treatment-key"> ==Key== <div class="treatment-key-group"> {| class="wikitable fna-keytable" |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Plants with stinging hairs and stipitate-glandular hairs; base of leaf blade rounded or abruptly attenuate, auriculate; achenes less than 1.5mm. |[[Laportea aestuans|Laportea aestuans]] |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Plants with stinging hairs but without stipitate-glandular hairs; base of leaf blade rounded, truncate, or broadly cuneate, not auriculate; achenes 2mm or more. |[[Laportea canadensis|Laportea canadensis]] |} </div></div><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Laportea |authority=Gaudichaud Beaupré |rank=genus |parent rank=family |synonyms=Urticastrum |basionyms= |family=Urticaceae |distribution=North America;West Indies;Central America;South America;Asia;Africa;Pacific Islands |reference=None |publication title=Voy. Uranie |publication year= |special status= |source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V3/V3_960.xml |genus=Laportea |achene architecture=stipitate |achene shape=orbicular;compressed |bract presence=absent |cyme arrangement=arranged |cystolith shape=rounded |flower architecture=pistillate;pistillate;pistillate;pistillate;staminate;staminate;staminate;pistillate |flower reproduction=unisexual |hair shape=hooked |hair toxicity=stinging |inflorescence position=axillary |inflorescence position or structure subtype=terminal |leaf arrangement=alternate |leaf-blade shape=narrowly ovate;orbiculate |margin architecture or shape=serrate;dentate |outer tepal presence=absent |outer tepal size=minute |pistillode shape=knoblike |proximal panicle architecture=staminate;pistillate;staminate;pistillate;staminate |proximal panicle position or shape=distal |stamen quantity=4;5 |staminode presence=absent |stem architecture=simple |stem orientation=erect |stigma size=extended |stipule presence=absent |style duration=persistent |style shape=elongate;hooklike |tepal fusion=distinct;distinct |tepal quantity=2;4 |tepal variability=equal |whole_organism duration=perennial;annual |whole_organism growth form=herb |x chromosome quantity=13 }}<!-- -->[[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/ID/Synonym (view source) Template:Treatment/Publication (view source) Template:Urticaceae (view source) Return to Laportea.