Urena lobata

Urena lobata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Malvales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids II
Ordo: Malvales

Familia: Malvaceae
Subfamilia: Malvoideae
Tribus: Hibisceae
Genus: Urena
Species:
Varietates & Subspecies: U. l. var. glauca – U. l. var. henryi – U. l. subsp. lobata – U. l. var. mauritiana – U. l. var. multifida – U. l. subsp. sinuata – U. l. var. tricuspis – U. l. var. umbonata – U. l. var. yunnanensis

Name

Urena lobata L., Sp. Pl. 2: 692. (1753)

Synonyms

  • Homotypic
    • Urena lobata var. genuina Miq. in Pl. Jungh.: 283 (1854), not validly publ.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Tropics & Subtropics
      • Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Caroline Is., Cayman Is., Central African Repu, Central American Pac, Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast, Christmas I., Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, El Salvador, Ethiopia, French Guiana, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Guyana, Hainan, Haiti, Honduras, India, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Jawa, Kenya, Laccadive Is., Laos, Leeward Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Marianas, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Nicaragua, Nicobar Is., Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Rodrigues, Rwanda, Réunion, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tibet, Togo, Trinidad-Tobago, Uganda, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Vietnam, Windward Is., Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
    • Extinct in:
      • Seychelles
    • Introduced into:
      • Alabama, Ascension, Comoros, Cook Is., Fiji, Florida, Galápagos, Hawaii, Lesser Sunda Is., Louisiana, Marquesas, Namibia, New Caledonia, Niue, Northern Provinces, Samoa, Society Is., South Carolina, St.Helena, Tonga, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Vanuatu, Wallis-Futuna Is., West Himalaya

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

Additional references

Vernacular names

  • বাংলা: বনওকড়া
  • Deutsch: Kongojute
  • English: Caesarweed, Congo jute
  • Kreyòl ayisyen: Gran kouzen
  • Bahasa Indonesia: Pulutan
  • മലയാളം: ഊർപ്പണം
  • မြန်မာဘာသာ: နွားမြီးကပ်
  • português: Aguaxima
  • ไทย: ขี้ครอก
  • 中文: 地桃花
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