false nettles and allies
Boehmeria
Boehmeria is a genus of 47 species of flowering plants in the nettle family Urticaceae. Of the species, 33 are indigenous to the Old World and 14 to the New World; no species is indigenous to both the Old and New Worlds. The species include herbaceous perennials, shrubs and small trees. Although related to the similar-looking species of the stinging nettles of genus Urtica, species of Boehmeria do not have stinging hairs. Because of the similarity...
43 branches of this genus, most-observed first
false nettle
speciesBoehmeria cylindrica
Ramie
speciesBoehmeria nivea
Dense-flowered False Nettle
speciesBoehmeria densiflora
Zollinger's False Nettle
speciesBoehmeria zollingeriana
Boehmeria spicata
speciesBoehmeria spicata
Boehmeria pilosiuscula
speciesBoehmeria pilosiuscula
Boehmeria caudata
speciesBoehmeria caudata
Boehmeria formosana
speciesBoehmeria formosana
Boehmeria japonica
speciesBoehmeria japonica
native ramie
speciesBoehmeria virgata
Boehmeria penduliflora
speciesBoehmeria penduliflora
Boehmeria splitgerbera
speciesBoehmeria splitgerbera
Boehmeria macrophylla
speciesBoehmeria macrophylla
tricuspidate falsenettle
speciesBoehmeria tricuspis
Boehmeria platanifolia
speciesBoehmeria platanifolia
Boehmeria silvestrii
speciesBoehmeria silvestrii
‘ākōlea
speciesBoehmeria grandis
Boehmeria pilushanensis
speciesBoehmeria pilushanensis
Boehmeria clidemioides
speciesBoehmeria clidemioides
Boehmeria celtidifolia
speciesBoehmeria celtidifolia
Seashore falsenettle
speciesBoehmeria pannosa
Boehmeria sieboldiana
speciesBoehmeria sieboldiana
Boehmeria excelsa
speciesBoehmeria excelsa
Boehmeria ramiflora
speciesBoehmeria ramiflora
Boehmeria holosericea
speciesBoehmeria holosericea
Nettle Tree
speciesBoehmeria australis
Boehmeria dolichostachya
speciesBoehmeria dolichostachya
Boehmeria glomerulifera
speciesBoehmeria glomerulifera
Boehmeria ulmifolia
speciesBoehmeria ulmifolia
Boehmeria nakashimae
speciesBoehmeria nakashimae
Boehmeria depauperata
speciesBoehmeria depauperata
Boehmeria pavonii
speciesBoehmeria pavonii
Boehmeria aspera
speciesBoehmeria aspera
Boehmeria ternifolia
speciesBoehmeria ternifolia
Boehmeria dealbata
speciesBoehmeria dealbata
Boehmeria repens
speciesBoehmeria repens
Boehmeria heterophylla
speciesBoehmeria heterophylla
Boehmeria yaeyamensis
speciesBoehmeria yaeyamensis
Boehmeria siamensis
speciesBoehmeria siamensis
Boehmeria conica
speciesBoehmeria conica
Boehmeria subintegra
speciesBoehmeria subintegra
Boehmeria bullata
speciesBoehmeria bullata
Boehmeria radiata
speciesBoehmeria radiata
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 72013.