Genus: Laportea Life
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Archaeoplastida >
Chloroplastida
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Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants)
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Eurosid I > Order: Rosales >
Family:
Urticaceae
About 50 species, mainly tropical but also extending into
temperate North America and East Asia. Seven species are native to southern
Africa.
Species native to southern Africa
List from
Plants of
southern Africa - an online checklist (SANBI),
Flora of Zimbabwe
and Flora of
Mozambique.
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