''Pipturus'' is a
flowering plant
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genus
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in the nettle
family
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,
Urticaceae
The Urticaceae are a family, the nettle family, of flowering plants. The family name comes from the genus ''Urtica''. The Urticaceae include a number of well-known and useful plants, including nettles in the genus ''Urtica'', ramie (''Boehmeria ...
. It includes 29 species which range from the Western Indian Ocean islands to
Malesia
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,
Taiwan
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, the
Ryukyu Islands
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,
Papuasia
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It comprises th ...
, northern and Eastern Australia, and the Pacific Islands.
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Species
29 species are accepted.[
* '']Pipturus albidus
''Pipturus albidus'', known as ''māmaki'' (sometimes ''waimea'', for its resemblance to olomea) in Hawaiian and known as Waimea pipturus in English, is a species of flowering plant in the nettle family, Urticaceae, that is endemic to Hawaii. ...
'' (Hook.
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& Arn.
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) A.Gray ex H.Mann
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– ''Māmaki'' (Hawaii
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)
* '' Pipturus angustifolius''
* ''Pipturus argenteus
''Pipturus argenteus'', known as false stinger, native mulberry, white mulberry, white nettle, amahatyan (Chamorro language, Chamorro), and ghasooso (Carolinian language, Carolinian), is a small tree native to tropical Asia, northern and eastern ...
'' (G.Forst.
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) Wedd., 1869 – Queensland grass-cloth plant, native mulberry
* '' Pipturus asper''
* '' Pipturus australium''
* '' Pipturus ceramicus''
* '' Pipturus cinnamomeus''
* '' Pipturus dentatus''
* '' Pipturus forbesii'' Krajina
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* '' Pipturus grandifolius''
* '' Pipturus grantii''
* '' Pipturus henryanus''
* '' Pipturus hubertii''
* ''Pipturus kauaiensis
''Pipturus'' is a flowering plant genus in the nettle family (biology), family, Urticaceae. It includes 29 species which range from the Western Indian Ocean islands to Malesia, Taiwan, the Ryukyu Islands, Papuasia, northern and Eastern Australia, ...
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* '' Pipturus ledermannii''
* '' Pipturus lithospermum''
* '' Pipturus micronesicus''
* '' Pipturus montanus''
* '' Pipturus oreophilus''
* ''Pipturus platyphyllus
''Pipturus platyphyllus '' is a species of plant in the family Urticaceae.
Distribution
This species is endemic to Fiji
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'' Wedd.
* '' Pipturus polynesicus''
* '' Pipturus pullei''
* '' Pipturus ruber''
* '' Pipturus schaeferi'' J.Florence (French Polynesia
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)
References
External links
Urticaceae genera
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Taxa described in 1854
Taxa named by Hugh Algernon Weddell
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