Boehmeria virgata

Boehmeria virgata is a species of flowering plant in the family Urticaceae, native to a wide area, from tropical Africa, the western Indian Ocean, tropical and subtropical Asia to Australia and the Pacific.^[1] It was first described by Georg Forster in 1786 as Urtica virgata.^[2]

Boehmeria virgata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Rosales
Family:	Urticaceae
Genus:	Boehmeria
Species:	B. virgata
Binomial name
Boehmeria virgata (G.Forst.) Guill.[1]
Synonyms[1]
Boehmeria platyphylla var. virgata (G.Forst.) Wedd. Boehmeria taitensis Wedd., nom. superfl. Urtica virgata G.Forst.

Subspecies and varieties

As of January 2024^[update], Plants of the World Online accepted the following subspecies and varieties:^[1]

• Boehmeria virgata var. austroqueenslandica (Domin) Friis & Wilmot-Dear
• Boehmeria virgata var. canescens (Wedd.) Friis & Wilmot-Dear
• Boehmeria virgata var. densiglomerata (W.T.Wang) Friis & Wilmot-Dear
• Boehmeria virgata var. longissima (Hook.f.) Friis & Wilmot-Dear
• Boehmeria virgata subsp. macrophylla (Hornem.) Friis & Wilmot-Dear, syn. Boehmeria macrophylla
• Boehmeria virgata var. macrostachya (Wight) Friis & Wilmot-Dear, syn. Boehmeria platyphylla
• Boehmeria virgata var. maxima Friis & Wilmot-Dear
• Boehmeria virgata var. minuticymosa Acharya, Friis & Wilmot-Dear
• Boehmeria virgata var. rotundifolia (D.Don) Friis & Wilmot-Dear
• Boehmeria virgata var. scabrella (Dalzell & A.Gibson) Friis & Wilmot-Dear
• Boehmeria virgata var. strigosa (W.T.Wang) Friis & Wilmot-Dear
• Boehmeria virgata var. sumatrana (Miq.) Friis & Wilmot-Dear
• Boehmeria virgata var. tomentosa (Wedd.) Friis & Wilmot-Dear
• Boehmeria virgata var. velutina Friis & Wilmot-Dear
• Boehmeria virgata subsp. virgata