TITLE	Notes on Urticaceae of Taiwan
AUTHOR	Bing-Ling Shih Department of Biology, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Republic of China Yuen-Po Yang Department of Biology, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Republic of China Ho-Yih Liu Department of Biology, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Republic of China Sheng-You Lu Division of Forest Biology, Taiwan Forestry Research Institute, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
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ABSTRACT	Eight species of Urticaceae in Taiwan are treated. Droguetia iners (Forssk.) Schweinf. ssp. urticoides (Wight) Friis & Wilmot-Dear and the genus are reported for the first time. Descriptions and line drawings of the new species, Elatostema platyphylloides Shih & Yang, E. hirtellipedunculata Shih & Yang, and E. hypoglauca Shih & Yang, are presented. Dendrocnide meyeniana is redelimited to accomodate its forma, subglabra (Hayata) Chew. Dendrocnide kotoensis (Hayata ex Yamamoto) Shih & Yang is treated as a distinct species which has been regarded as conspecific with Dendrocnide meyeniana (Walp.) Chew. Laportea bulbifera (Sieb. & Zucc.) Weddell, although collected as early as 1925, is a new record. Laportea interrupta (L.) Chew, which was transferred from Fleurya by Chew in 1969, is listed. A key to the genera of Urticaceae of Taiwan is provided.
KEYWORD	Dendrocnide kotoensis; Dendrocnide meyeniana; Droguetia; Droguetia iners ssp. urticoides; Elatostema platyphylloides; Elatostema hirtellipedunculata; Elatostema hypoglauca; Laportea bulbifera; Taiwan; Urticaceae;
ARTICLE INFO	Botanical Bulletin of Academia Sinica, Volume 36 Number 3 July 1995, page 155-168, 14 pages
PUBLISHER	Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China