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-undefined" data-properties=""><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. <b>Stems</b> simple to freely branched, erect. <b>Leaves</b> opposite or nearly opposite, or alternate; stipules present. <b>Leaf</b> blades lanceolate to broadly ovate, base rounded to cordate, less often cuneate, margins dentate or serrate, apex acuminate; cystoliths rounded. <b>Inflorescences</b> axillary, spikelike or paniculate. <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; bracts linear. <b>Staminate</b> flowers: tepals 4; stamens 4; pistillode globose. <b>Pistillate</b> flowers: tepals 4, connate, adnate to ovary; staminodes absent; style persistent, elongate; stigma linear, straight or hooked. <b>Achenes</b> sessile, laterally compressed, ovoid, nearly orbicular, or ellipsoid, tightly enclosed by persistent perianth. <b>x</b> = 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://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f50eec43f223ca0e34566be0b046453a0960e173/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V3/V3_459.xml |genus=Boehmeria }}<!-- -->[[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.