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{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Urena
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=2: 692. 1753
|year=1753
}}, {{Treatment/Publication
|title=Gen. Pl. ed.
|place=5, 309. 1754
|year=1754
}}
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Malvaceae;Malvaceae subfam. Malvoideae;Urena
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Malvaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Malvaceae subfam. Malvoideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Urena]]</div></div>
|etymology=Malayalam ooren, to loosen or soak, alluding to retting process to extract fibers from stem tissues of U. lobata
|volume=Volume 6
|mention_page=page 215, 218
|treatment_page=page 373
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism duration;whole_organism growth form;whole_organism pubescence;whole_organism pubescence;whole_organism growth form;whole_organism growth form"><b>Herbs,</b> perennial, subshrubs, or shrubs, stellate-hairy or glabrate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="stem orientation"><b>Stems </b>erect.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="stipule duration;stipule shape"><b>Leaves:</b> stipules early-deciduous, subulate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="blade variability;blade shape;blade shape;blade shape;blade shape;base shape;margin shape;surface pubescence;foliar nectary quantity;foliar nectary prominence">blade variable, sometimes ovate, [oblong or lanceolate], often 3–5-angled, lobed, or –parted, base truncate to cordate, margins crenate [serrate], surfaces minutely stellate-hairy, with 1+ prominent, foliar nectaries (glands) on abaxial side at base of central vein.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="axillary flower architecture or arrangement or growth form;axillary flower arrangement"><b>Inflorescences </b>axillary solitary flowers or fascicles, [terminal racemes];</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="involucel presence;bractlet duration;bractlet quantity;bractlet fusion">involucel present, bractlets persistent, 5, basally connate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="pedicel some measurement"><b>Pedicels </b>1.5–7 mm.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="calyx size;calyx shape;lobe shape;lobe architecture;lobe shape;lobe shape;lobe shape;lobe prominence"><b>Flowers:</b> calyx not accrescent, not inflated, lobes keeled, 1-veined, lanceolate, elliptic to ovate, usually acute, usually obscured by involucel;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="corolla shape;corolla coloration;corolla condition;corolla coloration or odor">corolla shallowly campanulate to rotate, rose-pink, drying lavender;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="staminal column position">staminal column included;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="ovary architecture">ovary 5-carpellate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="ovule quantity">ovules 1 per cell;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="style architecture;style quantity">style 10-branched, 2 per carpel;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="stigma architecture">stigmas capitellate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="fruits schizocarp orientation;fruits schizocarp shape;fruits schizocarp shape;fruits schizocarp architecture;fruits schizocarp texture"><b>Fruits </b>schizocarps, erect, not inflated, oblate, unwinged, slightly indurate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="mericarp quantity;mericarp architecture;apex shape;dorsal surface pubescence;dorsal surface pubescence;dorsal surface pubescence;lateral surface prominence or shape;lateral surface coloration or pubescence or relief;lateral surface dehiscence">mericarps 5, 1-celled, without dorsal spur, apex rounded, dorsal surface prominently glochidiate [smooth], otherwise hirtellous or glabrous, flat lateral surfaces striate, indehiscent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties=""><b>Seeds </b>1 per mericarp, obovoid or reniform, glabrous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s17" data-properties="seed quantity;seed shape;seed shape;seed pubescence;x chromosome quantity">x = 7.</span><!--

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|distribution=nearly worldwide in tropical and warm regions
|introduced=true
|discussion=<p>Species 6 (1 in the flora).</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Urena
|author=Steven R. Hill
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=genus
|parent rank=subfamily
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Malvaceae
|distribution=nearly worldwide in tropical and warm regions
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.;Gen. Pl. ed.
|publication year=1753;1754
|special status=Introduced
|source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V6/V6_692.xml
|subfamily=Malvaceae subfam. Malvoideae
|genus=Urena
|apex shape=rounded
|axillary flower architecture or arrangement or growth form=solitary
|axillary flower arrangement=fascicles
|base shape=truncate;cordate
|blade shape=parted;lobed;3-5-angled;ovate
|blade variability=variable
|bractlet duration=persistent
|bractlet fusion=connate
|bractlet quantity=5
|calyx shape=not inflated
|calyx size=not accrescent
|corolla coloration=rose-pink
|corolla coloration or odor=lavender
|corolla condition=drying
|corolla shape=shallowly campanulate;rotate
|dorsal surface pubescence=glabrous;hirtellous;glochidiate
|foliar nectary prominence=prominent
|fruits schizocarp architecture=unwinged
|fruits schizocarp orientation=erect
|fruits schizocarp shape=oblate;not inflated
|fruits schizocarp texture=indurate
|involucel presence=absent
|lateral surface coloration or pubescence or relief=striate
|lateral surface dehiscence=indehiscent
|lateral surface prominence or shape=flat
|lobe architecture=1-veined
|lobe prominence=obscured
|lobe shape=acute;elliptic;ovate
|margin shape=crenate
|mericarp architecture=1-celled
|mericarp quantity=5
|ovary architecture=5-carpellate
|ovule quantity=1
|pedicel some measurement=1.5mm;7mm
|seed pubescence=glabrous
|seed quantity=1
|seed shape=reniform;obovoid
|staminal column position=included
|stem orientation=erect
|stigma architecture=capitellate
|stipule duration=early-deciduous
|stipule shape=subulate
|style architecture=10-branched
|style quantity=2
|surface pubescence=stellate-hairy
|whole_organism duration=perennial
|whole_organism growth form=shrub;subshrub;herb
|whole_organism pubescence=glabrate;stellate-hairy
|x chromosome quantity=7
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