Laportea interrupta(L.) Chew

Hawai'i woodnettle

WFO wfo-0001143400 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 7 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 7 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Laportea interrupta, photographed by Dinesh Valke
fig. a Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0 / 2021-09-25 / obs. 160298228
Laportea interrupta, photographed by Sabarni Sarker
fig. b Sabarni Sarker, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 95162758
Laportea interrupta, photographed by Franz Anthony
fig. c Franz Anthony, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 94948874
Laportea interrupta, photographed by Dinesh Valke
fig. d Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 160298207
Laportea interrupta, photographed by Pranav Chandra Bose
fig. e Pranav Chandra Bose, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 153097049
Laportea interrupta, photographed by Franz Anthony
fig. f Franz Anthony, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 60418870
Laportea interrupta, photographed by Franz Anthony
fig. g Franz Anthony, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 94948678
Laportea interrupta, photographed by R K
fig. h R K, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 150058018

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Native range 37 botanical countries

Regions where Laportea interrupta is native: Cameroon, Ethiopia, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Mozambique, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, China South-Central, Oman, Taiwan, Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Cambodia, India, Jawa, Laccadive Is., Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maldives, Maluku, Myanmar, New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Thailand, Vietnam, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia, Caroline Is., Marianas, Marshall Is. CameroonEthiopiaGuinea-BissauKenyaMozambiqueSudan-South SudanTanzaniaChina South-CentralOmanTaiwanAssamBangladeshBismarck ArchipelagoCambodiaIndiaJawaLaosLesser Sunda Is.MalayaMalukuMyanmarNew GuineaPhilippinesSolomon Is.Sri LankaSulawesiThailandVietnamNorthern TerritoryQueenslandWestern Australia Andaman Is.Laccadive Is.MaldivesCaroline Is.MarianasMarshall Is.
Native distribution of Laportea interrupta, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Andaman Is. AND ASIA-TROPICAL
Assam ASS
Bangladesh BAN
Bismarck Archipelago BIS
Cambodia CBD
India IND
Jawa JAW
Laccadive Is. LDV
Laos LAO
Lesser Sunda Is. LSI
Malaya MLY
Maldives MDV
Maluku MOL
Myanmar MYA
New Guinea NWG
Philippines PHI
Solomon Is. SOL
Sri Lanka SRL
Sulawesi SUL
Thailand THA
Vietnam VIE
Cameroon CMN AFRICA
Ethiopia ETH
Guinea-Bissau GNB
Kenya KEN
Mozambique MOZ
Sudan-South Sudan SUD
Tanzania TAN
China South-Central CHC ASIA-TEMPERATE
Oman OMA
Taiwan TAI
Northern Territory NTA AUSTRALASIA
Queensland QLD
Western Australia WAU
Caroline Is. CRL PACIFIC
Marianas MRN
Marshall Is. MRS

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 20 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Boehmeria interrupta (L.) Willd.
  • Boehmeria javanica (Blume) Hassk.
  • Boehmeria spicata (Gaudich.) Endl.
  • Fleurya glomerata Gaudich.
  • Fleurya interrupta (L.) Gaudich.
  • Fleurya spicata Gaudich.
  • Fleurya spicata var. interrupta (L.) Wedd. ex Seem.
  • Schychowskya interrupta (L.) W.Wight
  • Urtica affinis Hook. & Arn.
  • Urtica capitata Blanco
  • Urtica gaudichaudii Steud.
  • Urtica hastata J.R.Forst. ex Spreng.
  • Urtica inermis Spreng.
  • Urtica interrupta L.
  • Urtica javanica Blume
  • Urtica lomatocarpa Hochst. ex Steud.
  • Urtica racemosa Gaudich.
  • Urtica sessiliflora Blanco
  • Urtica sessilifolia Wedd.
  • Urtica spicigera Steud.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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