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Issue: Vol. 645 No. 3: 26 Apr. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-04-26
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.645.3.4
Page range: 248-258
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Annotated checklist of the Urticaceae of Timor

CESAM - Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies & Department of Biology, University of Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
School of Life and Environmental Sciences, The University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
Research Center for Biosystematics and Evolution, National Research and Innovation Agency, Bogor 16911, Indonesia
Centre for Functional Ecology, Laboratory Associate TERRA, Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, Calçada Martim de Freitas, 3000-456 Coimbra, Portugal
CESAM - Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies & Department of Biology, University of Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
Kew, Identification and Naming Department, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, TW9 3AE, United Kingdom
flora Indonesia Lesser Sunda Islands Malesia Nusa Tenggara Timor-Leste Wallacea Eudicots

Abstract

A commented checklist of the Urticaceae of Timor is presented. The list includes 25 recorded taxa, among which, six (Elatostema strigosum Hassk., Laportea bulbifera (Siebold & Zucc.) Wedd., Laportea decumana (Roxb.) Wedd., Pilea melastomoides (Poir.) Wedd., Pilea microphylla (L.) Liebm., and Pilea angulata (Blume) Blume) are, as far as we could check, recorded for the first time. Further, six taxa are uncertain or to be discarded. Overall, the list includes 10 confirmed genera (Boehmeria, Debregeasia, Dendrocnide, Elatostema, Girardinia, Laportea, Lecanthus, Pilea, Pipturus and Pouzolzia), among which the most diverse are Pouzolzia and Laportea, both with 5 taxa, and three more (Urera, Urtica and Procris) remain unconfirmed.

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