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As classified in WFO snapshot

June 2025

latest classification for this taxon

family

Urticaceae Juss.

This family name was first published in Gen. Pl. [Jussieu] 400 (1789)

At the time of this classification snapshot, this family name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-7000000631.

Literature

Gen. Pl. [Jussieu] 400. 1789 [4 Aug 1789] (as Urticae)

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Synonyms of Urticaceae

Name	Author	Protologue	Nomenclator	WFO link
Cecropiaceae	C.C.Berg	Taxon 27(1): 39. 1978 [23 Mar 1978] (1978)		wfo-7000001195

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