Taxon: Boehmeria cylindrica (L.) Sw.

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Common names:

• bog-hemp   (Source: Hortus 3 ) – English
  
• false nettle   (Source: F NAmer ) – English
  

Economic importance:

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Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  Eastern Canada: Canada - New Brunswick, Ontario [s.], Quebec [s.]
  Northeastern U.S.A.: United States - Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia
  North-Central U.S.A.: United States - Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Wisconsin
  Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia
  South-Central U.S.A.: United States - New Mexico, Texas
  Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - Arizona, Utah [s.e.]
  Mexico
• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Caribbean: Bermuda; Cuba; Jamaica; Puerto Rico; Trinidad and Tobago - Trinidad
  Mesoamerica: Costa Rica; Guatemala; Honduras; Nicaragua; Panama
  Northern South America: French Guiana; Suriname; Venezuela
  Brazil: Brazil [s.]
  Southern South America: Argentina; Paraguay; Uruguay

References:

• Adams, C. 1972. Flowering plants of Jamaica.
• Boggan, J. et al. 1997. Checklist of the plants of the Guianas, ed. 2.
• Burger, W. C., ed. 1971–. Flora costaricensis.
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America.
• León (J. S. Sauget) & Alain (E. E. Liogier). 1946–1962. Flora de Cuba.; suppl. 1969
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
• Liogier, H. A. 1984–. Descriptive flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands.
• Radford, A. E. et al. 1964. Manual of the vascular flora of the Carolinas.
• Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. 1946–1976. Flora of Guatemala.
• Stevens, W. D. et al., eds. 2001. Flora de Nicaragua. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 85(1-3).
• Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds. 1943–1980. Flora of Panama.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Boehmeria cylindrica.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Boehmeria cylindrica.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Boehmeria cylindrica.

Synonyms:

• (≡) Urtica cylindrica L. (basionym)
  

Check other web resources for Boehmeria cylindrica (L.) Sw.:

• Flora of North America: Collaborative Floristic Effort of North American Botanists
• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• Flora del Conosur: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Conosur
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Images:

• Fruits: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seeds: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

More:

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• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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