Urena

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: U. armitiana – U. australiensis – U. lobata – U. pedersenii – U. procumbens – U. repanda – U. rigida

Source(s) of checklist:
Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Urena in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 October 13. Reference page.

Name

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

Type species: Urena lobata L. (1753)

Note: See Hassler (2021) for a reduced species circumscription.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Tropics & Subtropics
- - Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Borneo, 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, Northern Territory, Pakistan, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Rodrigues, Rwanda, Réunion, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tibet, Togo, Trinidad-Tobago, Uganda, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Vietnam, Western Australia, 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, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 692. Reference page.

Additional references

Farr, E. R. & Zijlstra, G. (eds.) 1996- Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). Accessed: 2010 Febr 16 [1].

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Urena in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Jan. 16. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2021. Urena. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Jan. 16. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Urena. Published online. Accessed: Jan. 16 2021. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2021. Urena. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 23 Jan. 2021.

Vernacular names

മലയാളം: യുറീന
svenska: Urenasläktet
中文: 梵天花属