Family – Urticaceae – 13 genera in Sri Lanka
205.01. BOEHMERIA Jacq.
B.glomerulifera Miq. [Boehmeria malabarica Wedd.] var. glomerulifera Miq. S:maha-diya-dul
B.macrophylla Hornem. [Boehmeria platyphylla D. Don] var. macrophylla Hornem. var. scabrella (Roxb.) Long var. zeylanica (Wedd.) Wadhwa
B.nivea (L.) Hook. f. & Arn. var. nivea (L.) Hook. f. & Arn.
B.rugosissima (Blume) Wedd.
205.02. CHAMABAINIA Wight
C.cuspidata Wight
205.03. DEBREGEASIA Gaudich.
D.longifolia (Burm. f.) Wedd. [Debregeasia velutina Gaudich.] E:wild rhea S:gas-dul
D.wallichiana (Wedd.) Wedd. subsp. ceylanica (Hook, f.) Wilmot-Dear [Debregeasia ceylanica Hook, f.] S:muda-kenda
205.04. DENDROCNIDE Miq.
D.sinuata (Blume) Chew [Laportea crenulata (Roxb.) Wedd.] E:devil nettle, fever nettle S:maoossa-gass, maussa
205.05. ELATOSTEMA J. R. & G. Forst.
E.acuminatum (Poir.) Brongn.
E.lineolatum Wight var. bidentatum Thw. var. falcigerum Wedd. var. lineare Wedd. var. lineolatum Wight var. petiolare Thw. ex Trimen
E.surculosum Wight var. rigidiusculum Thw. var. surculosum Wight
E.walkerae Hook. f.
205.06. GIRARDINIA Gaudich.
G.diversifolia (Link) Friis [Girardinia heterophylla Decne.] [Giriardinia heterophylla var. palmata Hook, f] E:nilgiri nettle S:gas-kahambiliya
205.07. LAPORTEA Gaudich.
L.bulbifera (Sieb. & Zucc.) Wedd. [Laportea terminalis Wight]
L.interrupta (L.) Chew [Fleurya interrupta (L.) Gaudich.] S:wal-kahambiliya
205.08. LECANTHUS Wedd.
L.peduncularis (Wall, ex Royle) Wedd. [Lecanthus wightii Wedd.]
205.09. OREOCNIDE Miq.
O.integrifolia (Gaudich.) Miq. var. sylvatica (Miq.) Wadhwa [Vdlebrunea integrifolia var. sylvatica (Miq.) Hook, f.]
205.10. PELLIONIA Gaudich.
P.heyneana Wedd.
205.11. PILEA Lindley
P.angulata (Blume) Blume [Pilea stipulosa (Miq.) Miq.] subsp. angulata
P.melastomoides (Poir.) Wedd. [Pilea trinerva (Roxb.) Wight]
P.microphylla (L.) Liebm. [Pilea muscosa Lindley] E:artillery plant, gunpowder plant
P.wightii Wedd.
205.12. POUZOLZIA Gaudich.
P.auriculata Wight [Pouzolzia auriculata var. bicupidata (Wight) Trimen ex Hook, f.]
P.bennettiana Wight var. bennettiana Wight var. gardneriana (Wight) Hook. f. var. mysorensis (Wight) Hook. f.
P.cymosa Wight
P.triandra (Blume) Blume [Pouzolzia parvifolia Wight]
P.walkeriana Wight
P.zeylanica (L.) Benn. [Pouzolzia indica (L.) Gaudich.] [Pouzolzia indica var. alienata Wedd.]
205.13. PROCRIS Comm. ex Juss.
P.crenata C. Robinson [Procris laevigata auct., non Blume, sensu Trimen]
Reference – A CHECK LIST OF THE FLOWERING PLANTS; Lilani Kumudini Senaratna, B.Sc. (Colombo) M.Phil. (OUSL), Department of Botany, The Open University of Sri Lanka, Nawala, Nugegoda. Published by National Science Foundation 47/5, Maitland, Place Colombo 7 SRI LANKA