Urticaceae
The Urticaceae are a family, the nettle family, of flowering plants. The family name comes from the genus Urtica. The Urticaceae include a number of well-known and useful plants, including nettles in the genus Urtica, ramie, māmaki, and ajlai. The family includes about 2,625 species, grouped into 53 genera according to the database of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Christenhusz and Byng (2016). The largest genera are Pilea, Elatostema, Urtica, and Cecropia. Cecropia contains many myrmecophytes. Urticaceae species can be found worldwide, apart from the polar regions.
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