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251.0000 Family Urticaceae Juss.; Gen. Pl. [Jussieu] 400 (1789), nom. cons.
ca. 55 genera, ca. 2050 spp. Phylogeny: Wu et al. (2013)
Species listed in database: 2091; hybrids: 6
= Cecropiaceae C.C.Berg; Taxon 27: 39 (1978)
= Parietariaceae Bercht. & J.Presl; Přír. Rostlin 261 (1820)
251.2221 Genus Myriocarpa Benth.; Bot. Voy. Sulphur [Bentham] 168, t. 55 (1844)
Distribution: tropical America, south to Peru, Bolivia, Brazil
Species listed in database: 14
species :
Myriocarpa bifurca Liebm.; Kongel. Danske Vidensk. Selsk. Skr., Naturvidensk. Math. Afd., Ser. 5, 2: 307 (1851)
Distribution: Mexico (Oaxaca, Veracruz, Chiapas); Guatemala; El Salvador; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica
79 MEX 80 COS ELS GUA HON NIC
species :
Myriocarpa brachystachys S.Watson; Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 26: 152 (1891)
Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Jalisco, México State, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Veracruz, Zacatecas)
79 MEX
species :
Myriocarpa cordifolia Liebm.; Kongel. Danske Vidensk. Selsk. Skr., Naturvidensk. Math. Afd., Ser. 5, 2: 306 (1851)
Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas, Hidalgo, Oaxaca, Puebla, Tamaulipas, Veracruz); Guatemala; El Salvador; Honduras; Costa Rica; Panama; N-Brazil (Acre); NE-Brazil (Bahia)
79 MEX 80 COS ELS GUA HON PAN 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Myriocarpa colipensis Liebm.; Kongel. Danske Vidensk. Selsk. Skr., Naturvidensk. Math. Afd., Ser. 5, 2: 306 (1851)
= Myriocarpa cordifolia var. colipensis (Liebm.) Wedd.; Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. 9: 488 (1857)
= Myriocarpa longipes var. colipensis (Liebm.) Wedd.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 16(1): 235(35) (1869)
= Myriocarpa malacophylla Rob. & Bartlett; Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 43: 50 (1907)
species :
Myriocarpa cubilgueitzensis A.K.Monro; Novon 19(1): 88 (2009)
Distribution: Mexico (Tabasco, Chiapas, Veracruz, Oaxaca); Guatemala
79 MEX 80 GUA
species :
Myriocarpa filiformis Rusby; Bull. New York Bot. Gard. 6: 500 (1910)
Distribution: Bolivia (La Paz)
83 BOL
Remarks: Known only from type
species :
Myriocarpa heterospicata Sm.; Bot. Gaz. 12: 133 (1887)
Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas, Guerrero, Oaxaca, Tabasco, Veracruz); Guatemala; Belize; Honduras; Nicaragua
79 MEX 80 BLZ GUA HON NIC
Synonyms: hidden
= Myriocarpa heterostachya Donn.Sm.; Bot. Gaz. 13: 29 (1888)
species :
Myriocarpa laevigata Killip; J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 15: 55 (1925)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
species :
Myriocarpa longipes Liebm.; Kongel. Danske Vidensk. Selsk. Skr., Naturvidensk. Math. Afd., Ser. 5, 2: 306 (1851)
Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas, Colima, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, México State, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz); Guatemala; Belize; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; Colombia (Antioquia, Chocó, La Guajira, Valle); Bolivia (La Paz, Santa Cruz)
79 MEX 80 BLZ COS GUA HON NIC PAN 82 CLM 83 BOL
Synonyms: hidden
= Myriocarpa inaequilatera Liebm.; Kongel. Danske Vidensk. Selsk. Skr., Naturvidensk. Math. Afd., Ser. 5, 2: 307 (1851)
= Myriocarpa longipes var. yzabalensis Donn.Sm.; Bot. Gaz. 16: 13 (1891)
= Myriocarpa magnifica Rusby; Descr. S. Amer. Pl. 11 (1920)
= Myriocarpa yzabalensis (Donn.Sm.) Killip; Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 40: 29 (1927)
species :
Myriocarpa obovata Donn.Sm.; Bot. Gaz. 46: 117 (1908)
Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas, Oaxaca, Veracruz); Guatemala; Belize; El Salvador; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica
79 MEX 80 BLZ COS ELS GUA HON NIC
Synonyms: hidden
= Myriocarpa paniculata S.F.Blake; Contr. Gray Herb. 52: 61 (1917)
species :
Myriocarpa obscura Rusby; Descr. S. Amer. Pl. 11 (1920)
Distribution: Bolivia (La Paz)
83 BOL
Remarks: Known only from type
species :
Myriocarpa purpurascens Rusby; Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 7: 233 (1927)
Distribution: Bolivia (La Paz)
83 BOL
Remarks: Known only from type
species :
Myriocarpa stipitata Benth.; Bot. Voy. Sulphur [Bentham] 168, t. 55 (1844)
Distribution: Colombia (Antioquia, Caldas, Chocó, Cundinamarca, Huila, La Guajira, Magdalena, Nariño, Quindío, Risaralda, Valle); Venezuela (Anzoategui, Aragua, Venezuela Distrito Federal, Guarico, Lara, Miranda, Monagas, Portuguesa, Tachira, Yaracuy, Zulia); Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia (Beni, Chuquisaca, Cochabamba, La Paz, Santa Cruz, Tarija); SE-Brazil (São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro); S-Brazil (Paraná); Argentina (Jujuy, Misiones, Salta)
82 CLM VEN 83 BOL ECU PER 84 BRA 85 ARG
Synonyms: hidden
= Myriocarpa densiflora Benth.; Bot. Voy. Sulphur [Bentham] 169 (1846)
= Myriocarpa densiflora var. dombeyana (Wedd.) Wedd.; Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. 9: 487 (1857)
= Myriocarpa dombeyana Wedd.; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., Sér. 3, 18: 232 (1852)
= Myriocarpa humilis Wedd.; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., Sér. 3, 18: 232 (1852)
= Myriocarpa polystachya Wedd.; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., Sér. 3, 18: 231 (1852)
= Myriocarpa stipitata var. ambigua Wedd.; Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. 9: 486 (1857)
= Urtica spiralis Dombey ex Wedd.; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., Sér. 3, 18: 232 (1852)
species :
Myriocarpa tatei Rusby; Phytologia 1: 52 (1934)
Distribution: Bolivia (Cochabamba, La Paz)
83 BOL
species :
Myriocarpa trifurca A.K.Monro; Novon 19(1): 93 (2009)
Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas, Veracruz)
79 MEX
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