Urera Gaudich.

First published in Voy. Uranie: 496 (1830)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Hawaiian Islands, Mexico to Tropical America, W. & W. Central Tropical & Africa, W. Indian Ocean.

Distribution

Native to:

Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Cameroon, Colombia, Comoros, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Gabon, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guyana, Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Windward Is., Zaïre

Introduced into:

Galápagos, New Caledonia

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • —F.T.A. 6, 2: 253.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Friis in Nordic Journ. Bot.5, 6: 547–553 (1986).
  • in Freyc., Voy. Monde, Bot.: 496 (1830).

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Engl. in E. & P. Pf. 3(1): 105 (1888)
  • G.F.P. 2: 181 (1967)
  • G.P. 3: 383 (1880)
  • in Freyc., Voy. Monde Bot: 496 (1830)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Mar 31, 2017 Hahn; Tredwell [91] Peru K001611452 Yes
May 4, 2006 Figueiredo, L.; Andrade, K. [100] Brazil K000352401 Yes
May 4, 2006 Sales de Melo, M.R.C.; Freire, E.V. [156] Brazil K000352400 Yes
May 4, 2006 Sales, M.F., et al. [641] Brazil K000352404 Yes
May 4, 2006 Rodal, M.J.N, et al. [566] Brazil K000352403 Yes
May 4, 2006 Oliveira, M., et al. [81] Brazil K000352402 Yes
Jan 1, 2005 Leitão, H.F.; Shepherd, G.; Tamazhiro, J.Y.; Yamamoto, K. [13115] Brazil K000973242 Yes
Jan 1, 2004 Cheek, M. [8320] Cameroon K000051213 No
Jan 1, 2004 Cable, S. [2705] Cameroon K000051234 No
May 1, 1995 Lane, P. [486] Cameroon K000027255 No
Havinga, A.M.; Iharivolana [AMH 428] Madagascar K001765317 No
Mwangoka, M.A.; Kidanka, J. [5193] Tanzania K000662165 Yes
Santiago Hernández, M.; Domínguez Gervacio, N.R. [MSH 195] Mexico K009001451 No
Baracat, A. ; Velarde, R. [7608] Bolivia K001569352 Yes
St. John, H.; Bean, R.S.; Hosaka, E.Y. [11258] United States K000798323 Yes
Santiago Hernández, M.; Domínguez Gervacio, N.R. [MSH 190] Mexico K009001450 No
Ule, E. [9329] Brazil K000973243 Yes
Pennington, R.T.; et al. [93] Bolivia K:SPC-58939.000 No

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0