Laportea

Laportea is a genus of plants in the family Urticaceae. They are herbaceous, either annual or perennial. Like many plants of the Urticaceae, they have stinging hairs. There are stinging and non-stinging hairs on the same plant.^[1] The genus was named after the French naturalist Francis de Laporte de Castelnau.^[2]

Laportea
Laportea cuspidata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Rosales
Family:	Urticaceae
Tribe:	Urticeae
Genus:	Laportea Gaudich.

Species

Laportea canadensis

As of August 2020^[update], Kew's Plants of the World Online lists 36 species in the genus Laportea:^[3]

• Laportea aestuans (L.) Chew — West Indian woodnettle
• Laportea alatipes Hook.f.
• Laportea amberana (Baker) Leandri
• Laportea americana Gaudich.
• Laportea armata Warb.
• Laportea bulbifera (Siebold & Zucc.) Wedd.
• Laportea canadensis (L.) Wedd. — Canada nettle
• Laportea cuneata (A.Rich.) Chew
• Laportea cuspidata (Wedd.) Friis
• Laportea decumana (Roxb.) Wedd.
• Laportea disepala (Gagnep.) Chew
• Laportea floribunda (Baker) Leandri
• Laportea fujianensis C.J.Chen
• Laportea glabra Ridl.
• Laportea grossa (Wedd.) Chew — spotted nettle
• Laportea humblotii (Baill.) Friis
• Laportea humilis Lauterb.
• Laportea interrupta (L.) Chew
• Laportea lageensis W.T.Wang
• Laportea lanceolata (Engl.) Chew
• Laportea laxiflora Wedd.
• Laportea mammosisetosa H.J.P.Winkl.
• Laportea medogensis C.J.Chen
• Laportea mooreana (Hiern) Chew
• Laportea oligoloba (Baker) Friis
• Laportea ovalifolia (Schumach. & Thonn.) Chew
• Laportea peduncularis (Wedd.) Chew — river nettle
• Laportea pedunculata K.Schum. & Lauterb.
• Laportea perrieri Leandri
• Laportea ruderalis (G.Forst.) Chew
• Laportea septentrionalis Leandri
• Laportea stolonifera Bhellum & B.Singh
• Laportea sumatrana Merr.
• Laportea ventricosa Gagnep.
• Laportea violacea Gagnep.
• Laportea weddellii Leandri