1980.000 Laportea Gaudich.

FLEURYA Gaudich.

Description of the genus

Dioecious or monoecious, annual or perennial herbs, not climbing, bearing stinging hairs, these less than 5 mm long. Stipules fused, intrapetiolar. Cystoliths present. Leaves alternate, simple, serrate. Inflorescences usually unisexual panicles, sometimes appearing spicate or as interrupted spikes. Male flowers: actinomorphic, 4-5-merous with the same number of stamens as tepals. Female flowers with 4 free, very unequal, tepals; ovary ovoid. Achene flattened, rugose.

Worldwide: c. 21 species in warm and tropical regions of the world, extending to temperate E Asia and N America

Mozambique: 6 taxa.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
aestuans (L.) Chew	N,T,MS	Description, Image
alatipes Hook. f.	MS	Description, Image
interrupta (L.) Chew	MS	Description, Image
mooreana (Hiern) Chew	N,Z,T	Description, Image
peduncularis (Wedd.) Chew subsp. latidens Friis	GI,M
peduncularis (Wedd.) Chew subsp. peduncularis	MS,GI	Description, Image

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Flora of Caprivi: cultivated Laportea
Flora of Malawi: Laportea
Flora of Zambia: Laportea
Flora of Zimbabwe: Laportea

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Laportea
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Laportea
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Laportea
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Laportea
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iNaturalist: Laportea
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Laportea
JSTOR Plant Science: Laportea
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Laportea
Plants of the World Online: Laportea
Tropicos: Laportea
Wikipedia: Laportea