Boehmeria virgata (G.Forst.) Guill. is a plant in the Urticaceae family, order Rosales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Boehmeria virgata (G.Forst.) Guill.

Boehmeria virgata (G.Forst.) Guill.

Boehmeria virgata is a flowering Urticaceae plant native to a wide range from tropical Africa to the Pacific, first described in 1786.

Family
Genus
Boehmeria
Order
Rosales
Class
Magnoliopsida

About Boehmeria virgata (G.Forst.) Guill.

Boehmeria virgata (G.Forst.) Guill. is a species of flowering plant that belongs to the Urticaceae family. This species is native to a broad geographic range, extending from tropical Africa and the western Indian Ocean, through tropical and subtropical Asia, all the way to Australia and the Pacific. It was first formally described by Georg Forster in 1786 under the name Urtica virgata.

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Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Rosales Urticaceae Boehmeria

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