Laportea

Laportea
	Laportea cuspidata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Rosales
Family:	Urticaceae
Tribe:	Urticeae
Genus:	Laportea; Gaudich.
Synonyms
	Fleurya Gaudich.; Fleuryopsis Opiz; Haynea Schumach. & Thonn., nom. illeg. homonym. post.; Kermula Noronha, nom. nud.; Oblixilis Raf.; Sceptrocnide Maxim.; Schychowskya Endl.; Sclepsion Raf. ex Wedd.; Urticastrum Heist. ex Fabr., nom. rej.;

Laportea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Urticaceae. They are herbaceous, either annual or perennial. Like many plants of the Urticaceae, they have stinging hairs. There are stinging and non-stinging hairs on the same plant. The genus was named after the French naturalist Francis de Laporte de Castelnau.

Species

As of September 2026^[update], Kew's Plants of the World Online lists 34 species in the genus Laportea:

Laportea aestuans (L.) Chew — West Indian woodnettle
Laportea alatipes Hook.f.
Laportea amberana (Baker) Leandri
Laportea bulbifera (Siebold & Zucc.) Wedd.
Laportea canadensis (L.) Wedd. — Canada nettle
Laportea cuneata (A.Rich.) Chew
Laportea cuspidata (Wedd.) Friis
Laportea decumana (Roxb.) Wedd.
Laportea disepala (Gagnep.) Chew
Laportea floribunda (Baker) Leandri
Laportea fujianensis C.J.Chen
Laportea grossa (Wedd.) Chew — spotted nettle
Laportea humblotii (Baill.) Friis
Laportea humilis Lauterb.
Laportea interrupta (L.) Chew
Laportea jinganensis W.T.Wang
Laportea lageensis W.T.Wang
Laportea lanceolata (Engl.) Chew
Laportea laxiflora Wedd.
Laportea medogensis C.J.Chen
Laportea mooreana (Hiern) Chew
Laportea oligoloba (Baker) Friis
Laportea ovalifolia (Schumach. & Thonn.) Chew
Laportea peduncularis (Wedd.) Chew — river nettle
Laportea pedunculata K.Schum. & Lauterb.
Laportea perrieri Leandri
Laportea ruderalis (G.Forst.) Chew
Laportea septentrionalis Leandri
Laportea stolonifera Bhellum & B.Singh
Laportea sumatrana Merr.
Laportea taiwanensis S.S.Ying
Laportea ventricosa Gagnep.
Laportea violacea Gagnep.
Laportea weddellii Leandri

References

1 2 "Laportea Gaudich". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 15 September 2026.
↑ "Laportea". Flora of North America.
↑ Weddell, H. A. Chloris Andina. 1857. Essai d'une flore de la region alpine des Cordilleres de l'Amerique du Sud. Vol. 1. Bertrand.

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[powo-1] 1 2 "Laportea Gaudich". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 15 September 2026.

[fna-2] "Laportea". Flora of North America.

[3] Weddell, H. A. Chloris Andina. 1857. Essai d'une flore de la region alpine des Cordilleres de l'Amerique du Sud. Vol. 1. Bertrand.

Laportea

Laportea cuspidata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Rosales
Family:	Urticaceae
Tribe:	Urticeae
Genus:	Laportea Gaudich.
Synonyms
Fleurya Gaudich. Fleuryopsis Opiz Haynea Schumach. & Thonn., nom. illeg. homonym. post. Kermula Noronha, nom. nud. Oblixilis Raf. Sceptrocnide Maxim. Schychowskya Endl. Sclepsion Raf. ex Wedd. Urticastrum Heist. ex Fabr., nom. rej.