''Boehmeria virgata'' is a

species A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...

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in the family Urticaceae, native to a wide area, from tropical Africa, the western Indian Ocean, tropical and subtropical Asia to Australia and the Pacific. It was first described by

Georg Forster Johann George Adam Forster, also known as Georg Forster (; 27 November 1754 – 10 January 1794), was a German geography, geographer, natural history, naturalist, ethnology, ethnologist, travel literature, travel writer, journalist and revol ...

in 1786 as ''Urtica virgata''.

Subspecies and varieties

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accepted the following subspecies and varieties: *''Boehmeria virgata'' var. ''austroqueenslandica'' *''Boehmeria virgata'' var. ''canescens'' *''Boehmeria virgata'' var. ''densiglomerata'' *''Boehmeria virgata'' var. ''longissima'' * ''Boehmeria virgata'' subsp. ''macrophylla'' , syn. ''Boehmeria macrophylla'' *''Boehmeria virgata'' var. ''macrostachya'' , syn. ''Boehmeria platyphylla'' *''Boehmeria virgata'' var. ''maxima'' *''Boehmeria virgata'' var. ''minuticymosa'' *''Boehmeria virgata'' var. ''rotundifolia'' *''Boehmeria virgata'' var. ''scabrella'' *''Boehmeria virgata'' var. ''strigosa'' *''Boehmeria virgata'' var. ''sumatrana'' *''Boehmeria virgata'' var. ''tomentosa'' *''Boehmeria virgata'' var. ''velutina'' *''Boehmeria virgata'' subsp. ''virgata''

References

virgata Flora of Africa Flora of New South Wales Flora of Queensland Flora of South-Central China Flora of Southeast China Flora of the Pacific Flora of Tibet Flora of tropical Asia Plants described in 1786 {{Urticaceae-stub