''Rousselia'' is a genus of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. They include all forbs (flowering plants without a woody stem), grasses and grass-like plants, a vast majority of ...
s belonging to the family
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 (''Boehmer ...
.
Its native range is south-eastern Mexico to Colombia and the
Caribbean. It is found in Belize, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Jamaica, the Leeward Islands, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico and the Windward Islands.
It was first described and published in Voy. Uranie on page 503 in 1830.
Known species
According to Kew:
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Rousselia cubensis''
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Rousselia erratica''
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Rousselia humilis''
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Rousselia impariflora''
References
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Urticaceae
Urticaceae genera
Plants described in 1830
Flora of Southeastern Mexico
Flora of Central America
Flora of the Caribbean
Flora of Colombia