PLANTS Profile for Boehmeria nivea (Chinese grass)

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PLANTS Profile

Boehmeria nivea (L.) Gaudich.
Chinese grass

Symbol:

BONI2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Urticaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Subshrub
Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		I
PR		I

More Information:

Images:
Boehmeria nivea (L.) Gaudich.

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Synonyms:
Boehmeria nivea (L.) Gaudich.

	RANI4	Ramium niveum (L.) Small
	URNI	Urtica nivea L.

Distribution:
Boehmeria nivea (L.) Gaudich.


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AL, CA, DC, FL, GA, LA, MD, MS, SC, TX, VA), USA+ (PR)

Related Taxa:
Boehmeria nivea (L.) Gaudich.

View 19 genera in Urticaceae, 6 species in Boehmeria

Classification:
Boehmeria nivea (L.) Gaudich.

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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	Urticaceae – Nettle family
Genus	Boehmeria Jacq. – false nettle
Species	Boehmeria nivea (L.) Gaudich. – Chinese grass

Introduced Information:
Boehmeria nivea (L.) Gaudich.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Boehmeria nivea (L.) Gaudich.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account 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 19122.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

Time Generated: 10/13/2008 08:59 AM MDT