Urera caracasana (Jacq.) Gaudich. ex Griseb.

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Statistics of barcoding coverage: Urera caracasana:

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 0
Specimens with Barcodes: 3
Species With Barcodes: 1

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Leaf: The French Guiana Wayapi rub crushed leaves on the skin for a febrifuge.

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Common Names:

FG Creole: zouti montagne.

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Along the Vaupes River in Brazil, the root is believed to be antihaemorrhagic, and a leaf infusion is used for erysipelas. The Tikuna of Colombia use the stinging leaves as a counterirritant for painful joints.

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Isoepitype for Urtica caracasana Jacq.
Catalog Number: US 1803256
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany
Verification Degree: Original publication and alleged type specimen examined; Alleged type specimen status verified from secondary sources
Preparation: Pressed specimen
Collector(s): A. Fendler
Year Collected: 1854
Locality: Prope coloniam Tovar., Venezuela, South America

  • Isoepitype: Monro, A. K. & Rodríguez G., A. 2009. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 96 (2): 271.; Jacquin, N. J. von. 1798. Pl. Hort. Schoenbr. 3: 71, t. 386.; : Monro, A. K. & Rodríguez G., A. 2009. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 96 (2): 271.; Jacquin, N. J. von. 1798. Pl. Hort. Schoenbr. 3: 71, t. 386.
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Type collection for Urera capitata var. pavonii Wedd. in DC.
Catalog Number: US 41302
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany
Preparation: Pressed specimen
Collector(s): H. Ruiz López & J. A. Pavón
Locality: Rio Huallaga, margen Derecha del; Balsa Probana; dtto. Tocache Nuevo, Mariscal Cáceres, San Martín, Peru, South America

  • Type collection: Candolle, A. P. de. 1869. Prodr. 16: 92.
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