Droguetia

Droguetia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Urticaceae.^[1]

Droguetia
Droguetia leptostachys as Droguetia elliptica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Rosales
Family:	Urticaceae
Genus:	Droguetia Gaudich.
Synonyms
Didymogyne Wedd. Drouguetia Endl.

Its wide native range is Africa and the Arabian Peninsula and China.^[1]

Its genus name of Droguetia is in honour of Marc Julien Droguet (1769–1836), French naval doctor.^[2] and it was published in Voy. Uranie on page 505 in 1830.^[1]

Known species:^[1]

• Droguetia ambigua Wedd.
• Droguetia debilis Rendle
• Droguetia gaudichaudiana Marais
• Droguetia hildebrandtii Friis & Wilmot-Dear
• Droguetia humbertii Leandri
• Droguetia iners (Forssk.) Schweinf.
• Droguetia leptostachys (Juss. ex Pers.) Wedd.