Obetia

Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Obetia

Obetia ficifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Eudicots
Clade:  | Rosids
Order:  | Rosales
Family:  | Urticaceae
Tribe:  | Urticeae
Genus:  | Obetia
Gaudich.
Type species
Obetia ficifolia

Gaudich.

Obetia is a genus of dioecious plants in the family Urticaceae, with stinging hairs.[1] The genus contains the following species:[2]

* Obetia carruthersiana (Hiern) Rendle
* Obetia ficifolia Gaudich.
* Obetia madagascariensis (Juss. ex Poir.) Wedd.
* Obetia radula (Baker) Baker ex B.D. Jacks. stinging-nettle tree[3]
* Obetia tenax Friis

## References

1. ↑ Flora of Zimbabwe, http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=475, retrieved 7 December 2016
2. ↑ "Obetia". The Plant List. http://www.theplantlist.org/1.1/browse/A/Urticaceae/Obetia/. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
3. ↑ Discover plants and fungi, Kew Science, http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:854805-1, retrieved 7 December 2016

## External links

Wikidata ☰ Q3022068 entry

0.00

(0 votes)

Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obetia. Read more

|

Retrieved from "https://handwiki.org/wiki/index.php?title=Biology:Obetia&oldid=257836"