Boehmeria nivea
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "about". Template:Use dmy dates Template:Speciesbox Boehmeria nivea, commonly known as ramie, Chinese grass or Chinese silk plant,[1] is a monoecious shrub or subshrub in the family Urticaceae commonly found in China.[1][2][3] It is native to warm temperate and tropical regions of the eastern Himalaya, and east and southeastern Asia.[4] It grows to 2 metres tall, with alternately-arranged leaves 7–15 cm long and 6–12 cm broad, oval-acuminate with a serrated margin.[5] Boehmeria nivea has been cultivated in China and elsewhere in southeast Asia for thousands of years,[3] as the source of the fibre crop ramie.[5] It has been introduced into tropical and subtropical parts of other continents, such the southeastern United States.[4]
Taxonomy
Boehmeria nivea was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1753 as Urtica nivea. In 1830, Charles Gaudichaud-Beaupré transferred it to the genus Boehmeria,[4] which had been established by Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin in 1760.[6] The species has acquired a substantial number of synonyms, most in the genera Boehmeria and Urtica.[4] Some varieties have been proposed but are not accepted: Boehmeria nivea var. tenacissima and Boehmeria nivea var. strigosa.[7]
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