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Genus: Boehmeria Life
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Archaeoplastida >
Chloroplastida
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Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants)
> Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants)
> Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering
plants) > Eudicotyledons > Core Eudicots > Rosids >
Eurosid I > Order: Rosales >
Family:
Urticaceae
About 80 species distributed in the tropics, of which one
species is native to southern Africa. An additional species is cultivated in the
region.
Species native to southern Africa
List from
Plants
of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI).
Other species, cultivated in southern Africa
List from
Glen (2002).
Boehmeria nivea (Ramie)
Native from Japan to Malaysia. |
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