Common name
English: Hen's nettle
Mandarin: 红小麻 (hong xiao ma)
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)
Order: Urticales (15)
Family: Urticaceae (11)(family description)
Genus: Laportea (2)
Epithet: interrupta (L.) Chew (1)
Synonyms: Fleurya interrupta (L.) Gaudich., Urtica interrupta L.
interrupta => breaking the symmetry of form or texture, or partly so
Characteristics
Climate: tropical
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: herb
External links
Check for Laportea interrupta at
World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI- [59] LAPORTEA Gaudichaud-Beaupré - Flora of China 5: 85-89. 2003
- [266] Fleurya interrupta - Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER)
- [1557] Laportea interrupta - Flora of China @ efloras.org