PLANTS Profile for Trema micrantha (Jamaican nettletree)

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Trema micrantha (L.) Blume
Jamaican nettletree

Symbol:

TRMI2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Ulmaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Tree
Shrub

Native Status:

L48		N
PR		N
VI		N

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Trema micrantha (L.) Blume

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Synonyms:
Trema micrantha (L.) Blume

	CAAL16	Calyptracordia alba Jacq.
	COAL5	Cordia alba (Jacq.) Roem. & Schult.
	CODE7	Cordia dentata Poir.
	TRFL9	Trema floridana Britton

Distribution:
Trema micrantha (L.) Blume


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USA (FL), USA+ (PR, VI)

Related Taxa:
Trema micrantha (L.) Blume

View 5 genera in Ulmaceae, 4 species in Trema

Classification:
Trema micrantha (L.) Blume

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Hamamelididae
Order	Urticales
Family	Ulmaceae – Elm family
Genus	Trema Lour. – trema
Species	Trema micrantha (L.) Blume – Jamaican nettletree

More Accounts and Images:
Trema micrantha (L.) Blume

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 19104.

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

Time Generated: 09/23/2008 01:31 PM MDT