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, and have stinging and non-stinging hairs on the same plant.
The genus contains 22 species, including:
- Laportea aestuans Chew — West Indian woodnettle
- Laportea bulbifera Wedd.
- Laportea canadensis Wedd. — Canadian woodnettle
- Laportea cuneata Chew. — Weedy woodnettle
- Laportea cuspidata Friis
- Laportea grossa Chew
- Laportea interrupta Chew. — Hawaiian woodnettle
- Laportea peduncularis Chew
- Laportea pterostigma Wedd. — Poisonous woodnettle
- Laportea urentissima Gagnep.
The genus was named after the French naturalist François Louis de la Porte, comte de Castelnau.
