Urticaceae

Genera 59 Accepted species 2,142 Documented here 187 Coverage 9%

We document 187 of the 2,142 accepted species in Urticaceae. The rest are listed, with their authorities and their identifiers, inside their genus. They have no page of their own because we could not find three openly licensed photographs of them, and a page without evidence is not a page we are willing to publish.

Genera we document 42 of 59

GenusDocumentedAccepted species
Pilea 31 622
Urtica 24 72
Cecropia 20 66
Elatostema 16 663
Boehmeria 10 58
Parietaria 10 26
Laportea 8 35
Urera 6 29
Dendrocnide 5 41
Myriocarpa 4 14
Oreocnide 4 17
Forsskaolea 3 8
Phenax 3 28
Pipturus 3 29
Pouzolzia 3 53
Coussapoa 2 50
Debregeasia 2 8
Didymodoxa 2 2
Gonostegia 2 11
Hesperocnide 2 2
Lecanthus 2 4
Leucosyke 2 33
Obetia 2 5
Pourouma 2 31
Touchardia 2 2
Achudemia 1 5
Australina 1 2
Chamabainia 1 2
Cypholophus 1 35
Droguetia 1 7
Gesnouinia 1 1
Girardinia 1 3
Musanga 1 2
Myrianthus 1 8
Nanocnide 1 4
Nothocnide 1 4
Pellionia 1 28
Poikilospermum 1 28
Procris 1 24
Rousselia 1 4
Scepocarpus 1 14
Soleirolia 1 1

Genera we do not yet document 17 genera

Real genera, accepted by World Flora Online, for which we have not yet found three commercially licensed photographs of any species. They are listed rather than hidden.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. Family circumscription, accepted names, authorities. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.