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Magnoliopsida
Boehmeria Jacq.
EOL Text
Shrubby or herbaceous plants without stinging hairs. Stipules free, lateral. Leaves opposite (in ours). Inflorescences of long pendent interrupted spikes; flowers in small unisexual clusters.Male flowers: stamens 4. Female flowers: periath tubular, constricted and 2-4-toothed at the apex.
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Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) Stats
Specimen Records:130
Specimens with Sequences:159
Specimens with Barcodes:60
Species:44
Species With Barcodes:44
Public Records:107
Public Species:43
Public BINs:0
Boehmeria is a genus of about 100 species of flowering plants in the nettle family Urticaceae, native to Asia and North America. The species include herbaceous perennials, shrubs and small trees. Although related to the similar-looking species of the stinging nettles of genus Urtica, species of Boehmeria do not have stinging hairs. Because of the similarity in appearance, some species are commonly called "false nettles."
This genus is named in honor of the German botanist, Georg Rudolf Boehmer.
Cultivation and uses[edit]
One species, ramie (Boehmeria nivea) is an important fibre crop. Some are also used as ornamental plants.
Boehmeria species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Bedellia boehmeriella, which feeds exclusively on B. grandis.
Species[edit]
- Boehmeria biloba
- Boehmeria boninensis
- Boehmeria calophleba
- Boehmeria cylindrica
- Boehmeria excelsa
- Boehmeria grandis
- Boehmeria jamaicensis
- Boehmeria macrophylla
- Boehmeria nivea - ramie
- Boehmeria platyphylla
- Boehmeria platanifolia
- Boehmeria stipularis
- Boehmeria tenacissima - green ramie
References[edit]
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