Boehmeria

Contains 2 accepted taxa overall.

Characteristics
Boehmeria Jacq.
URTICACEAE
FALSE NETTLE
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Classification
ROSALES
Boehmeria
Citation
BOEHMERIA Jacquin, Enum. Syst. Pl. 9, 31. 1760.
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TYPE: Boehmeria ramiflora Jacquin
Distribution Map Present

This species have been reported in the counties highlighted.

Species
Scientific Name Common Name Herbarium Specimens Status Photos
Boehmeria cylindrica FALSE NETTLE; BOG HEMP Native FACW (NWPL) OBL (DEP)
Boehmeria nivea RAMIE Not Native
Identification Key
1.  Leaves opposite or mostly so, the blade lanceolate to narrowly ovate, rounded to cordate at the base, the lower surface glabrate to pubescent
B. cylindrica
1.  Leaves alternate, the blade broadly ovate, abruptly acute at the base, the lower surface densely white tomentose when young
B. nivea
Genus Synonyms
Synonym Full Citation Basionym Type
Ramium Ramium Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 631. 1891. TYPE: = Boehmeria Jacquin 1760.
Splitgerbera Splitgerbera Miquel, Comment. Phytogr. 133, pl. 14. 1840. TYPE: Splitgerbera japonica Miquel 1840.