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(Last Modified On 1/22/2013)
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(Last Modified On 1/22/2013)
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Species
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BOEHMERIA CYLINDRICA (L.) Sw.
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PlaceOfPublication
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Prodr. 34. 1788.
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Synonym
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Urtica cylindrica L. Sp. P1. 984. 1753.
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Description
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Erect herb up to 1.5 m. high, the stem simple or branched; leaves opposite on the stem, alternate on the branches, narrowly lanceolate, ovate-lanceolate, or ovate, up to 18 cm. long and 7 cm. wide, acuminate at apex, rounded, subcordate, or subtruncate at base, coarsely dentate or serrate-dentate, glabrous, or puberulent beneath on the nerves; flower-clusters sessile in an erect or ascending spike which often is leafy toward the tip; plants monoecious; staminate perianth 4-lobed; pistillate perianth rotund-obovate, 1.5-2 mm. long and broad, 4-toothed, com- pressed, nearly sessile.
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Habit
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herb
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Distribution
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Eastern Canada; eastern and southern United States; Mexico to Panama; West Indies; southeastern Brazil.
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Specimen
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BOCAS DEL TORO: Changuinola Valley, Dunlap 365. CANAL ZONE: Barro Colorado Island, Standley 4II77, Starry 255.
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