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Urera caracasana

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Ethnobotanical Use
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Internal ID UUID643ffa2f1b4fa441012715
Scientific name Urera caracasana
Authority (Jacq.) Gaudich. ex Griseb.
First published in Fl. Brit. W. I. : 154 (1859)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Urera densiflora Miq. Fl. Bras. 4(1): 190 (1853)
Urera magna Britton Torreya 3: 90 (1903)
Urera jacquinii Wedd. Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. , sér. 3, 18: 200 (1852)
Urtica caracasana Jacq. Pl. Hort. Schoenbr. 3: 71 (1798)
Urera alceifolia Gaudich. Voy. Uranie : 497 (1830)
Urtica mitis Vell. Fl. Flumin. 10: t. 19 (1831)
Urera caracasana var. mitis Wedd. Prodr. 16(1): 90 (1869)
Urera subpeltata var. morifolia Miq. Fl. Bras. 4(1): 190 (1853)
Urera alceifolia (Poir.) Gaudich. ex Wedd. Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 3, 18: 199 1852
Urera mitis Miq. Fl. Bras. 4(1): 191 (1853)
Urtica tiliifolia Kunth Nov. Gen. Sp. 2: 42 (1817)
Urera subpeltata Miq. Fl. Bras. 4(1): 189 (1853)
Urera jacquinii var. subpeltata (Miq. ex Mart.) Wedd. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. 9: 145 (1856)
Urera jacquinii var. miquelii Wedd. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. 9: 145 (1856)
Urera caracasana var. subpeltata (Miq. ex Mart.) Wedd. Prodr. 16(1): 90 (1869)
Urera caracasana var. miquelii Wedd. Prodr. 16(1): 90 (1869)
Urera capitata var. pavonii Wedd. Prodr. 16(1): 92 (1869)
Urera corallina Wedd. Prodr. 16(1): 90 (1869)
Urtica corallina Liebm. Mexic. Neldeagt. Pl. : 11 (1851)
Urera caracasana var. tomentosa Wedd. Prodr. 16(1): 90 (1869)
Urera jacquinii var. ulmifolia (Kunth) Wedd. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. 9: 145 (1856)
Urtica ulmifolia Kunth Nov. Gen. Sp. 2: 42 (1817)
Urera jacquinii var. corallina (Liebm.) Wedd. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. 9: 145 (1856)
Urtica alceifolia Poir. Encycl. , Suppl. 4: 227 (1816)
Urera jacquinii var. tomentosa Wedd. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. 9: 145 (1856)
Urtica chichicaztli Sessé & Moc.

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  • Northern America
    • Mexico
      • Mexico Central
      • Mexico Gulf
      • Mexico Northeast
      • Mexico Northwest
      • Mexico Southeast
      • Mexico Southwest
  • Southern America
    • Brazil
      • Brazil North
      • Brazil Northeast
      • Brazil South
      • Brazil Southeast
      • Brazil West-central
    • Caribbean
      • Jamaica
      • Leeward Islands
      • Puerto Rico
      • Trinidad-Tobago
      • Windward Islands
    • Central America
      • Belize
      • Costa Rica
      • El Salvador
      • Guatemala
      • Honduras
      • Nicaragua
      • Panamá
    • Northern South America
      • French Guiana
      • Guyana
      • Suriname
      • Venezuela
    • Southern South America
      • Argentina Northeast
      • Argentina Northwest
      • Paraguay
    • Western South America
      • Colombia
      • Galápagos
      • Peru

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000416547
USDA Plants URCA2
Tropicos 33400370
INPN 630854
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:856982-1
The Plant List kew-2448461
Open Tree Of Life 61599
NCBI Taxonomy 1130851
IUCN Red List 136778757
IPNI 856982-1
iNaturalist 286503
GBIF 2984335
EPPO URACC
EOL 596221
USDA GRIN 40902

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The Meaning of Plants' Names: A New Discovering Approach to Its Medicinal and/or Toxic Properties dos Santos Dantas Lima L, Felipe Domingues Passero L, Indriunas A, de Souza Santos I, Francisco Uchôa Coqueiro L, Alexandre Souza da Cruz K, Batista de Almeida A, Carlos Fernandes Galduróz J, Rodrigues E Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 19-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10896657
doi:10.1155/2024/6678557
PMID:38410808
Effects of leaf age during drought and recovery on photosynthesis, mesophyll conductance and leaf anatomy in wheat leaves Jahan E, Sharwood RE, Tissue DT Front Plant Sci 20-Jun-2023
PMCID:PMC10318540
doi:10.3389/fpls.2023.1091418
PMID:37409304
A Phytosociological Study on Andean Rainforests of Peru, and a Comparison with the Surrounding Countries Galán-de-Mera A, Campos-de-la-Cruz J, Linares-Perea E, Montoya-Quino J, Torres-Marquina I, Vicente-Orellana JA Plants (Basel) 26-Nov-2020
PMCID:PMC7761437
doi:10.3390/plants9121654
PMID:33256180
Directional change in leaf dry matter δ 13C during leaf development is widespread in C3 plants Vogado NO, Winter K, Ubierna N, Farquhar GD, Cernusak LA Ann Bot 24-Jun-2020
PMCID:PMC7596372
doi:10.1093/aob/mcaa114
PMID:32577724
Community composition of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi associated with native plants growing in a petroleum‐polluted soil of the Amazon region of Ecuador Garcés‐Ruiz M, Senés‐Guerrero C, Declerck S, Cranenbrouck S Microbiologyopen 16-Aug-2018
PMCID:PMC6529925
doi:10.1002/mbo3.703
PMID:30117306
Astonishing diversity—the medicinal plant markets of Bogotá, Colombia Bussmann RW, Paniagua Zambrana NY, Romero C, Hart RE J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 20-Jun-2018
PMCID:PMC6011411
doi:10.1186/s13002-018-0241-8
PMID:29925407
First typology of cacao (Theobroma cacao L.) systems in Colombian Amazonia, based on tree species richness, canopy structure and light availability Suárez Salazar JC, Ngo Bieng MA, Melgarejo LM, Di Rienzo JA, Casanoves F PLoS One 05-Feb-2018
PMCID:PMC5798779
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0191003
PMID:29401499
Sociocultural and ecological factors influencing management of edible and non-edible plants: the case of Ixcatlán, Mexico Rangel-Landa S, Casas A, García-Frapolli E, Lira R J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 30-Oct-2017
PMCID:PMC5663152
doi:10.1186/s13002-017-0185-4
PMID:29084561
Ixcatec ethnoecology: plant management and biocultural heritage in Oaxaca, Mexico Rangel-Landa S, Casas A, Rivera-Lozoya E, Torres-García I, Vallejo-Ramos M J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 20-Jul-2016
PMCID:PMC4955254
doi:10.1186/s13002-016-0101-3
PMID:27439512
Pollination patterns and plant breeding systems in the Galápagos: a review Chamorro S, Heleno R, Olesen JM, McMullen CK, Traveset A Ann Bot 12-Jun-2012
PMCID:PMC3489146
doi:10.1093/aob/mcs132
PMID:22691541
Checklist of vascular plants of the Department of Ñeembucú, Paraguay Egea JD, Peña-Chocarro M, Espada C, Knapp S PhytoKeys 30-Jan-2012
PMCID:PMC3281576
doi:10.3897/phytokeys.9.2279
PMID:22371688
Hawaiian angiosperm radiations of North American origin Baldwin BG, Wagner WL Ann Bot 09-Apr-2010
PMCID:PMC2876002
doi:10.1093/aob/mcq052
PMID:20382966
The Relationships of Wood-, Gas- and Water Fractions of Tree Stems to Performance and Life History Variation in Tropical Trees Poorter L Ann Bot 23-Jun-2008
PMCID:PMC2701806
doi:10.1093/aob/mcn103
PMID:18573862
Venezuelan project establishes indigenous plant database Johnson O BMJ 27-Jul-2002
PMCID:PMC1123720
doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7357.183/b
PMID:12142302

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