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Internal ID UUID643ffd9e0a857241793575
Scientific name Laportea aestuans
Authority (L.) Chew
First published in Gard. Bull. Singapore 21: 200 (1965)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Urtica aestuans L. Sp. Pl. ed. 2 : 1396 (1763)
Urera gaudichaudiana Hensl. Ann. Nat. Hist. 1: 341 (1838)
Urtica corylifolia Juss. ex Poir Encycl. , Suppl. 4: 226 (1816)
Urtica hirsuta Vahl Symb. Bot. 1: 77 (1790)
Laportea glandulosa (Wedd.) V.C.Lima Prog. Resum. Soc. Bot. Brasil 36: 362 (1985)
Fleurya aestuans var. racemosa (Burm. ex Wedd.) Wedd. Prodr. 16(1): 72 (1869)
Fleurya aestuans var. tuberculata (Andersson) Wedd. Prodr. 16(1): 72 (1869)
Fleurya caraoellana (Schrank) Wedd. Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. , sér. 3, 18: 204 (1852)
Fleurya cordata Gaudich. Voy. Uranie : 498 (1830)
Fleurya corylifolia Gaudich. Voy. Uranie : 498 (1830)
Fleurya cymosa Wedd. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. 9: 113 (1856)
Fleurya glandulosa Wedd. Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. , sér. 3, 18: 205 (1852)
Fleurya ingrata Miq. Syst. Verz. Ind. Archip. 2: 103 (1854)
Fleurya lurida Blume Mus. Bot. 2: xxi (1856)
Fleurya perrieri Leandri Ann. Mus. Colon. Marseille , sér. 6, 7-8: 16 (1950)
Fleurya petiolata Decne. Nouv. Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. 3: 490 (1834)
Fleurya racemosa Gaudich. Voy. Uranie : 497 (1830)
Fleuryopsis petiolata Opiz Lotos 3: 240 (1853)
Fleurya aestuans var. glandulosa (Wedd.) Wedd. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. 9: 112 1856
Fleurya aestuans var. petiolata (Decne.) Wedd. Prodr. 16(1): 72 1869
Laportea bathiei Leandri Fl. Madagasc. 56: 10 (1965)
Urtica cymosa Hassk. Pl. Jav. Rar. : 200 (1848)
Urtica latifolia Rich. Actes Soc. Hist. Nat. Paris 1: 113 (1792)
Urtica nemorosa Kunth Nov. Gen. Sp. 2: 42 (1817)
Urtica divergens G.Mey. Prim. Fl. Esseq. : 264 (1818)
Urtica caravellana Schrank Pl. Rar. Hort. Monac. : t. 82 (1821)
Urtica petiolata Steud. Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. ii. 735.
Urtica schimperiana Hochst. ex Steud. Flora 33: 259 (1850)
Urtica tuberculata Andersson Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Handl. 1853: 159 (1855)
Fleurya aestuans (L.) Gaudich. in Freyc. Voy. Uranie : 497 (1830)
Urtica cordata Gaudich. Voy. Uranie, Bot. 498, in syn. 1830 [6 Mar 1830]
Urtica racemosa Burm. ex Wedd. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. ix. (1856) 112.
Fleurya aestuans (L.) Gaudich. Voy. Uranie : 497 (1830)
Fleurya aestuans var. linnaeana Wedd.

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Language Common/alternative name
English west indian woodnettle
Spanish ishanga blanca
Spanish ortiga brava
Indonesian daun gatal
Sango kâsa
Chinese 火焰桑叶麻
Chinese 火焰桑葉麻
Chinese 腺花桑葉麻
Chinese 腺花桑?麻
Chinese 腺花桑叶麻

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  • Africa
    • East Tropical Africa
      • Kenya
      • Tanzania
      • Uganda
    • Macaronesia
      • Cape Verde
    • Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Chad
      • Eritrea
      • Ethiopia
      • Sudan
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Angola
      • Malawi
      • Mozambique
      • Zambia
      • Zimbabwe
    • West Tropical Africa
      • Benin
      • Burkina
      • Gambia
      • Ghana
      • Guinea
      • Guinea-Bissau
      • Ivory Coast
      • Liberia
      • Mali
      • Nigeria
      • Senegal
      • Sierra Leone
      • Togo
    • West-central Tropical Africa
      • Burundi
      • Cameroon
      • Central African Republic
      • Congo
      • Gabon
      • Gulf Of Guinea Islands
      • Rwanda
      • Zaïre
    • Western Indian Ocean
      • Aldabra
      • Madagascar
      • Mauritius
      • Réunion
      • Seychelles
  • Asia-tropical
    • Malesia
      • Cocos (keeling) Islands
      • Jawa
      • Lesser Sunda Islands
      • Sumatera
  • Southern America
    • Brazil
      • Brazil North
      • Brazil Northeast
      • Brazil South
      • Brazil Southeast
      • Brazil West-central
    • Caribbean
      • Bahamas
      • Cuba
      • Dominican Republic
      • Haiti
      • Jamaica
      • Leeward Islands
      • Puerto Rico
      • Trinidad-Tobago
      • Venezuelan Antilles
      • Windward Islands
    • Central America
      • Belize
      • Central American Pacific
      • Costa Rica
      • El Salvador
      • Guatemala
      • Honduras
      • Nicaragua
      • Panamá
    • Northern South America
      • French Guiana
      • Guyana
      • Suriname
      • Venezuela
    • Southern South America
      • Argentina Northwest
    • Western South America
      • Bolivia
      • Colombia
      • Ecuador
      • Galápagos
      • Peru

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000445388
Florida Plant Atlas 1681
Flora of Alabama 3644
USDA Plants LAAE
Tropicos 33400493
INPN 104974
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:135476-2
The Plant List kew-2497404
Open Tree Of Life 3907827
NCBI Taxonomy 1475415
Nature Serve 2.133042
IPNI 135476-2
iNaturalist 164427
GBIF 2984466
Freebase /m/047r7h3
EPPO LAOAE
EOL 487151
Calflora (Californian flora) 8755
USDA GRIN 410252
Wikipedia Laportea_aestuans

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Screening the Extract of Laportea bulbifera (Sieb. et Zucc.) Wedd. Based on Active Component Content, Its Antioxidant Capacity and Exploration of Hepatoprotective Activity in Rats Feng J, Sun Y, Wei Z, Sun H, Li L, Zhu J, Xia G, Zang H Molecules 25-Aug-2023
PMCID:PMC10488916
doi:10.3390/molecules28176256
PMID:37687084
Pest categorisation of Paracoccus marginatus Bragard C, Baptista P, Chatzivassiliou E, Di Serio F, Gonthier P, Jaques Miret JA, Justesen AF, Magnusson CS, Milonas P, Navas‐Cortes JA, Parnell S, Potting R, Reignault PL, Stefani E, Thulke H, Van der Werf W, Vicent Civera A, Yuen J, Zappalà L, Grégoire J, Malumphy C, Kertesz V, Maiorano A, MacLeod A EFSA J 31-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC10064853
doi:10.2903/j.efsa.2023.7899
PMID:37009439
Production performance of Giant African Land Snails (Archachatina marginata) at the Sudano-Guinean highland zone of Cameroon Tchowan GM, Zangho J, Kouam Kenmogne M, Ngoula F, Tchoumboué J Heliyon 28-Nov-2022
PMCID:PMC9768315
doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e11891
PMID:36568662
Deep Insights Into the Plastome Evolution and Phylogenetic Relationships of the Tribe Urticeae (Family Urticaceae) Ogoma CA, Liu J, Stull GW, Wambulwa MC, Oyebanji O, Milne RI, Monro AK, Zhao Y, Li DZ, Wu ZY Front Plant Sci 20-May-2022
PMCID:PMC9164014
doi:10.3389/fpls.2022.870949
PMID:35668809
Pest categorisation of Maconellicoccus hirsutus Bragard C, Baptista P, Chatzivassiliou E, Di Serio F, Gonthier P, Jaques Miret JA, Justesen AF, Sven Magnusson C, Milonas P, Navas‐Cortes JA, Parnell S, Potting R, Reignault PL, Stefani E, Thulke H, Van der Werf W, Civera AV, Yuen J, Zappalà L, Gregoire J, Malumphy C, Antonatos S, Kertesz V, Maiorano A, Papachristos D, MacLeod A EFSA J 11-Jan-2022
PMCID:PMC8749475
doi:10.2903/j.efsa.2022.7024
PMID:35035580
Wandering through southwestern Nigeria: An inventory of Yoruba useful angiosperm plants Ajao AA, Mukaila YO, Sabiu S Heliyon 25-Dec-2021
PMCID:PMC8733184
doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e08668
PMID:35024488
Weeds Enhance Pollinator Diversity and Fruit Yield in Mango Kleiman BM, Koptur S, Jayachandran K Insects 13-Dec-2021
PMCID:PMC8704218
doi:10.3390/insects12121114
PMID:34940201
Which Plants for What Ailments: A Quantitative Analysis of Medicinal Ethnobotany of Ile-Ife, Osun State, Southwestern Nigeria Mukaila YO, Oladipo OT, Ogunlowo I, Ajao AA, Sabiu S Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 03-Aug-2021
PMCID:PMC8355999
doi:10.1155/2021/5711547
PMID:34394387
Plants and Natural Products with Activity against Various Types of Coronaviruses: A Review with Focus on SARS-CoV-2 Llivisaca-Contreras SA, Naranjo-Morán J, Pino-Acosta A, Pieters L, Vanden Berghe W, Manzano P, Vargas-Pérez J, León-Tamariz F, Cevallos-Cevallos JM Molecules 05-Jul-2021
PMCID:PMC8271932
doi:10.3390/molecules26134099
PMID:34279439
Reno-Hepatoprotective and Antidiabetic Properties of Methanol Leaf Extract of Laportea Aestuans in Wistar Rats Adetunji OA, Olugbami JO, Adegoke AM, Gbadegesin MA, Odunola OA J Evid Based Integr Med 26-May-2021
PMCID:PMC8168169
doi:10.1177/2515690X211017464
PMID:34039071
A review of Cameroonian medicinal plants with potentials for the management of the COVID-19 pandemic Fongnzossie Fedoung E, Biwole AB, Nyangono Biyegue CF, Ngansop Tounkam M, Akono Ntonga P, Nguiamba VP, Essono DM, Forbi Funwi P, Tonga C, Nguenang GM, Kemeuze V, Sonwa DJ, Tsabang N, Bouelet IS, Tize Z, Boum AT, Momo Solefack MC, Betti JL, Nouga Bissoue A, Lehman LG, Mapongmetsem PM, Nneme Nneme L, Ngono Ngane RA, Ngogang Yonkeu J 26-Mar-2021
PMCID:PMC7994110
doi:10.1007/s13596-021-00567-6
Selected physical and chemical properties of soil under different agricultural land-use types in Ile-Ife, Nigeria Akinde BP, Olakayode AO, Oyedele DJ, Tijani FO Heliyon 28-Sep-2020
PMCID:PMC7527570
doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e05090
PMID:33024867
Phytotherapies in motion: French Guiana as a case study for cross-cultural ethnobotanical hybridization Tareau MA, Bonnefond A, Palisse M, Odonne G J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 16-Sep-2020
PMCID:PMC7493365
doi:10.1186/s13002-020-00404-1
PMID:32938478
Impact of mining on the floristic association of gold mined sites in Southwest Nigeria Adesipo AA, Akinbiola S, Awotoye OO, Salami AT, Freese D BMC Ecol 10-Feb-2020
PMCID:PMC7008547
doi:10.1186/s12898-020-00276-9
PMID:32039727
Pest categorisation of Spodoptera eridania Bragard C, Dehnen‐Schmutz K, Di Serio F, Gonthier P, Jacques M, Jaques Miret JA, Justesen AF, Magnusson CS, Milonas P, Navas‐Cortes JA, Parnell S, Potting R, Reignault PL, Thulke H, Van der Werf W, Vicent Civera A, Yuen J, Zappalà L, Czwienczek E, MacLeod A EFSA J 13-Jan-2020
PMCID:PMC7008913
doi:10.2903/j.efsa.2020.5932
PMID:32626486

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