252.0000
Family
Urticaceae Juss.; Gen. Pl. [Jussieu] 400 (1789), nom. cons.
ca. 55 genera, ca. 2050 spp. Phylogeny: Fu et al. (2026)
Species listed in database: 2091; hybrids: 6
= Boehmerioideae Luerss.; Handb. Syst. Bot. [Luerssen] 2: 521 (1880)
= Cecropiaceae C.C.Berg; Taxon 27: 39 (1978)
= Cecropioideae Romaniuc; Albertoa n. s. 4: 13 (1999)
= Conocephaloideae Engl.; Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl] III, 1: 71, 93 (1888)
= Lecanthoideae Kravtsova; Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 92: 22 (2007)
= Parietariaceae Bercht. & J.Presl; Přír. Rostlin 261 (1820)
= Parietarioideae Luerss.; Handb. Syst. Bot. [Luerssen] 2: 522 (1880)
= Ureroideae Luerss.; Handb. Syst. Bot. [Luerssen] 2: 521 (1880)
= Urticoideae Arn.; Botany [Arnott] 129 (1832)
252.0102
Genus
Phenax Wedd.; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., Sér. 4, 1: 191 (1854)
Distribution: Tropical America south to N-Argentina, West Indies
Species listed in database: 26
species :
Phenax angustifolius
(Kunth) Wedd.; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., Sér. 4, 1: 193 (1854)
Distribution: Costa Rica; Panama; Colombia (Antioquia, Chocó, Cundinamarca, Nariño); Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia (Cochabamba, La Paz, Pando, Santa Cruz); N-Brazil (Acre); SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais, São Paulo)
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Synonyms: hidden
= Boehmeria angustifolia Kunth; Nov. Gen. Sp. [H.B.K.] 2: 34 (1817)
= Phenax ulei K.Krause; Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 48: 151 (1906 publ. 1907)
= Procris longifolia Poepp. ex Wedd.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 16: t. 194, pro syn. (1869)
species :
Phenax asper
Wedd.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 16(1): 235(39) (1869)
Distribution: Cuba
81 CUB
species :
Phenax ekmanii
Urb.; Ark. Bot. 17(7): 30 (1922)
Distribution: Hispaniola (Dominican Republic, Haiti)
81 HIS
species :
Phenax erectus
Urb.; Ark. Bot. 23A(5): 52 (1930)
Distribution: Hispaniola (Dominican Republic, Haiti)
81 HIS
species :
Phenax flavifolius
Rusby; Phytologia 1: 53 (1934)
Distribution: Bolivia (La Paz)
83 BOL
Remarks: Known only from type, probably a synonym of Boehmeria pavonii
species :
Phenax globuliferus
Rusby; Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 6: 120 (1896)
Distribution: Bolivia (Cochabamba)
83 BOL
Remarks: Known only from type, probably a synonym of P. angustifolius
species :
Phenax granulatus
Urb.; Symb. Antill. [Urban] 7: 202 (1912)
Distribution: Hispaniola (Dominican Republic)
81 HIS
species :
Phenax grossecrenatus
Killip; J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 13: 360 (1923)
Distribution: Colombia (Cauca, Cundinamarca, Nariño, Putumayo, Quindío)
82 CLM
species :
Phenax haitensis
Wedd.; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., Sér. 4, 1: 192 (1854)
Distribution: Hispaniola (Haiti)
81 HIS
Synonyms: hidden
= Phenax laevigatus var. haitensis (Wedd.) Wedd.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 16(1): 235(39) (1869)
species :
Phenax hirtus
(Sw.) Wedd.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 16(1): 235(38) (1869)
Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas, Colima, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, México State, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí, Sinaloa, Tabasco, Veracruz); Guatemala; El Salvador; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; Jamaica; Hispaniola (Dominican Republic, Haiti); Colombia (Antioquia, Boyacá, Cauca, Cesar, Chocó, Cundinamarca, Meta, Nariño, Putumayo, Quindío, Risaralda, Valle); Venezuela (Amazonas, Cojedes, Venezuela Distrito Federal, Falcón, Lara, Miranda, Monagas, Zulia); Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia (Chuquisaca, Cochabamba, La Paz, Santa Cruz, Tarija); Argentina (Catamarca, Córdoba, Jujuy, Salta, Tucumán)
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Synonyms: hidden
= Boehmeria hirta Sw.; Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ. [O.P.Swartz] 34 (1788)
= Boehmeria rugosa (Poir.) Pers.; Syn. Pl. [Persoon] 2: 556 (1807)
= Phenax hirtus var. minor (Wedd.) Wedd.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 16(1): 235(39) (1869)
= Phenax hirtus var. pentlandianus (Wedd.) Wedd.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 16(1): 235(39) (1869)
= Phenax hirtus var. petiolaris (Wedd.) Wedd.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 16(1): 235(39) (1869)
= Phenax laevigatus var. serratus Wedd.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 16(1): 23540 (1869)
= Phenax pentlandianus Wedd.; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., Sér. 4, 1: 192 (1854)
= Phenax petiolaris Wedd.; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., Sér. 4, 1: 192 (1854)
= Phenax rugosus var. minor Wedd.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 16(1): 235(38) (1869)
= Phenax urticifolius var. minor (Wedd.) Wedd.; Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. 9: 496 (1857)
= Phenax urticifolius Wedd.; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., Sér. 4, 1: 192 (1854)
= Procris hirta Poir.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.] 5: 629 (1804)
= Urtica hirta (Sw.) Sw.; Fl. Ind. Occid. 1: 285 (1797)
species :
Phenax integrifolius
Wedd.; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., Sér. 4, 1: 193 (1854)
Distribution: Colombia (Putumayo); Ecuador; Peru
82 CLM 83 ECU PER
species :
Phenax laevigatus
Wedd.; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., Sér. 4, 1: 191 (1854)
Distribution: Bolivia (Chuquisaca, Cochabamba, La Paz, Santa Cruz, Tarija); etc.
83 BOL
species :
Phenax laevis
Urb. & Ekman; Ark. Bot. 20A(5): 9 (1926)
Distribution: Hispaniola (Haiti)
81 HIS
species :
Phenax laxiflorus
Wedd.; Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. 8: 499 (1855 publ. 1856)
Distribution: Ecuador; Peru
83 ECU PER
species :
Phenax mexicanus
Wedd.; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., Sér. 4, 1: 193 (1854)
Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas, Colima, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Michoacán, Oaxaca, Puebla, Querétaro, Veracruz); Guatemala; Belize; El Salvador; Honduras; Costa Rica; Panama; Colombia (Antioquia, Tolima); Peru; Bolivia (Cochabamba, La Paz, Santa Cruz); Bangladesh [I]
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Synonyms: hidden
= Phenax bullatus Rusby; Phytologia 1: 52 (1934)
= Phenax galeottianus Blume; Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 2: 227 (1857)
= Phenax gaudichaudianus Wedd.; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., Sér. 4, 1: 193 (1854)
= Phenax mexicanus var. lanceolatus Suess.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 72: 272 (1942)
species :
Phenax microcarpus
Urb.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 16: 133 (1919)
Distribution: Hispaniola (Dominican Republic, Haiti)
81 HIS
species :
Phenax microphyllus
Urb.; Symb. Antill. [Urban] 7: 202 (1912)
Distribution: Cuba
81 CUB
species :
Phenax pauciflorus
Urb.; Symb. Antill. [Urban] 7: 503 (1913)
Distribution: Hispaniola (Dominican Republic, Haiti)
81 HIS
species :
Phenax pauciserratus
(Wedd.) Rusby; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 28: 313 (1901)
Distribution: Bolivia (La Paz)
83 BOL
Synonyms: hidden
= Phenax sonneratii var. pauciserratus Wedd.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 16(1): 235(37) (1869)
species :
Phenax perrieri
Leandri; Ann. Mus. Colon. Marseille, Sér. 6(7-8): 70 (1950)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Phenax poiretii
Alain; Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 21(2): 107 (1971), nom. nov.
Distribution: Hispaniola (Haiti)
81 HIS
Synonyms: hidden
= Boehmeria urticifolia (Poir.) Pers.; Syn. Pl. [Persoon] 2: 556 (1807)
= Phenax urticifolius (Poir.) Urb.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 15: 164 (1918) (non Wedd.)
= Procris urticifolia Poir.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.] 5: 628 (1804)
species :
Phenax rugosus
(Poir.) Wedd.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 16(1): 235(38) (1869)
Distribution: Mexico (Campeche, Chiapas, Guerrero, Oaxaca, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas, Veracruz); Honduras; Costa Rica; Panama; Jamaica; Dominican Republic; Colombia; Venezuela; Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia (La Paz, Tarija); SE-Brazil; Argentina
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Synonyms: hidden
= Boehmeria ballotifolia Kunth; Nov. Gen. Sp. [H.B.K.] 2: 35 (1817)
= Boehmeria rugosa Pers.; Syn. Pl. [Persoon] 2: 556 (1807)
= Phenax ballotifolius (Kunth) Wedd.; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., Sér. 4, 1: 192 (1854)
= Phenax rugosus f. uberrima Hassl.; Annuaire Conserv. Jard. Bot. Genève 21: 142 (1919)
= Phenax rugosus var. serratus Wedd.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 16(1): 235(38) (1869)
= Procris rugosa Poir.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.] 5: 628 (1804)
species :
Phenax sessilifolius
Urb. & Ekman; Ark. Bot. 20A(5): 10 (1926)
Distribution: Hispaniola (Dominican Republic, Haiti)
81 HIS
species :
Phenax sonneratii
(Poir.) Wedd.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 16(1): 235(37) (1869)
Distribution: São Tomé [I]; Myanmar [I] (Taninthayi [I]); Mexico (Chiapas, Oaxaca, Veracruz); Guatemala; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; Jamaica [I]; St. Barthélémy [I]; Guadeloupe [I]; Dominica [I]; Martinique [I]; St. Lucia [I]; Grenada [I]; Tobago [I]; Trinidad [I]; Colombia (Antioquia, Chocó); Venezuela (Aragua, Delta Amacuro, Venezuela Distrito Federal, Falcón, Lara, Miranda, Monagas, Sucre, Zulia); French Guiana [I]; Bolivia (La Paz); WC-Brazil; NE-Brazil (Pernambuco, Bahia, Alagoas); SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro); S-Brazil (Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina); Paraguay (Alto Paraná, Caazapa); Argentina (Misiones)
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Synonyms: hidden
= Boehmeria elongata Fisch. ex J.Jacq.; Ecl. Pl. Rar., t. 135 (1844)
= Boehmeria vialis Casar. ex Wedd.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 16(1): 235(37) (1869)
= Gesnouinia boehmerioides Miq.; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 4(1): 194 (1853)
= Parietaria sonneratii Poir.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.] 5: 15 (1804)
= Phenax pentandrus Blume; Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 2: 169 (1857)
= Phenax sonneratii var. angustifolius Wedd.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 16(1): 235(37) (1869)
= Phenax sonneratii var. mycrophylla Mattos; Loefgrenia 54: 1 (1971)
= Phenax vulgaris Wedd.; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., Sér. 4, 1: 192 (1854)
= Pouzolzia conulifera Friis & Jellis; Kew Bull. 39(3): 595 (1984)
= Pouzolzia sonneratii (Poir.) Gaudich.; Voy. Uranie [Freycinet] 503 (1830)
= Procris sonneratii (Poir.) Spreng.; Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 3: 847 (1826)
= Urtica blitum Salzm. ex Wedd.; Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. 9: 569 (1856)
= Urtica semiserrata Sm. ex Wedd.; Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. 9: 569 (1856)
= Urtica ulmifolia Vahl ex Wedd.; Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. 9: 569 (1856)
species :
Phenax uliginosus
Wedd.; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., Sér. 4, 1: 192 (1854)
Distribution: Colombia (Antioquia, Atlántico, Caldas, La Guajira, Magdalena, Quindío, Risaralda, Santander); Venezuela (Aragua, Táchira); Bolivia (La Paz)
82 CLM VEN 83 BOL
Synonyms: hidden
= Boehmeria uliginosa Wedd.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 16(1): 235(37) (1869)
= Phenax tomentosus Wedd.; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., Sér. 4, 1: 192 (1854)
= Phenax uliginosus var. rotundatus Wedd.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 16(1): 235(38) (1869)
= Phenax uliginosus var. tomentosus (Wedd.) Wedd.; Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. 9: 494 (1857)
= Phenax uliginosus var. velutinus Wedd.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 16(1): 235(38) (1869)
species :
Phenax weddellianus
Killip; J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 1934. 24: 43 (1934)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
