| Laportea alatipes Hook. f. |
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| Family : URTICACEAE |
| Protologue : J. Linn. Soc. Bot. 7: 215 (1864) |
| Information on the genus : Laportea |
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Status
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| Status for SA : | accepted (present) |
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| Status for TA : | accepted (present) |
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| Synonym(s) Homotypic |
 Fleurya alatipes (Hook. f.) N.E. Br. (1925) |
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| Synonym(s) Heterotypic |
| =Girardinia marginata Engl. |
| =Fleurya monticola Volkens ex Engl. |
| =Fleurya urticoides Engl. |
| =Fleurya urticoides var. glabrata Rendle |
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| Ecology and distribution |
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| Biology : |
Monoecious annual or short-lived perennial herb to 1-1,7 m tall; stems erect, soft, but usually somewhat lignified at base, erect or decumbent, little branched, usually with sparse to dense stinging hairs when young, rarely glabrescent[…] |
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see more in the book |
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| Ecology : |
Forest, forest edges; upland rain-forest, Hagenia forest; Arundinaria thicket; ravines; usually near water; very common in clearings of Podocarpus forest; forest with Pouteria altissima. |
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1000-3500 m alt. |
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S. Africa. A fiercely stinging plant. |
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| Biol./Eco : |
biology: annual (occ. perennial) -Herb - Ht 0.5 - 1.5 m. Alt: 1400 - 1980 m. Distribution: EC, KN, LP |
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Bibliography for Tropical Africa :
- (1989). Flora of Tropical East Africa Urticaceae: 16-17
Bibliography for Southern Africa :
- Fl. S. Africa 9: 11-12 (2001).
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| More info on : |
| see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative |
| see under Flore d'Afrique Centrale |
| see under The International Plant Name Index |
| see under Flora of Mozambique |
| see under African Plants - a Photo Guide |
| see under Flora of Zimbabwe |
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| Record n°122248 modified 2007-04-02 |
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