Boehmeria nivea

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This article is about the plant species. For the fibre crop, see Ramie.

Boehmeria nivea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Urticaceae
Genus: Boehmeria
Species:
B. nivea
Binomial name
Boehmeria nivea
Synonyms[1]
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  • Boehmeria candicans Hassk.
  • Boehmeria compacta Blume
  • Boehmeria frutescens var. concolor (Makino) Nakai
  • Boehmeria frutescens var. viridula (Yamam.) Suzuki
  • Boehmeria juncea Bedevian
  • Boehmeria mollicoma Miq.
  • Boehmeria nipononivea Koidz.
  • Boehmeria nipononivea var. concolor (Makino) Ohwi
  • Boehmeria nivea var. candicans (Hassk.) Wedd.
  • Boehmeria nivea f. concolor (Makino) Kitam.
  • Boehmeria nivea var. concolor Makino
  • Boehmeria nivea f. nipononivea (Koidz.) Kitam.
  • Boehmeria nivea subsp. nipononivea (Koidz.) Kitam.
  • Boehmeria nivea var. nipononivea (Koidz.) W.T.Wang
  • Boehmeria nivea var. reticulata Blume
  • Boehmeria nivea var. tenacissima (Roxb.) Miq.
  • Boehmeria nivea f. viridula (Yamam.) Hatus.
  • Boehmeria nivea var. viridula Yamam.
  • Boehmeria tenacissima (Roxb.) Ed.Otto
  • Boehmeria thailandica Yahara
  • Boehmeria utilis André
  • Procris nivea Wedd.
  • Ramium compactum (Blume) Kuntze
  • Ramium mollicoma (Miq.) Kuntze
  • Ramium niveum (L.) Kuntze
  • Urera lamiifolia Gaudich. ex B.D.Jacks.
  • Urtica candicans Blume
  • Urtica lamiifolia Juss. ex Pers.
  • Urtica millettii Hook. & Arn.
  • Urtica nivea L.
  • Urtica tenacissima Roxb.
  • Urtica utilis de Vriese

Boehmeria nivea, commonly known as ramie, Chinese grass or Chinese silk plant,[2] is a monoecious shrub or subshrub in the family Urticaceae commonly found in China.[2][3][4] It is native to warm temperate and tropical regions of eastern and southeastern Asia.[1] 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,[4] as the source of the fibre crop ramie.[5] It has been introduced into the Caucasus, India, Venezuela and Australia. It also had been introduced into the Southern United States.[1]

Taxonomy

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Boehmeria nivea was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1753 as Urtica nivea. In 1830, Charles Gaudichaud-Beaupré transferred it to the genus Boehmeria,[1] 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.[1] Some varieties have been proposed but are not accepted: Boehmeria nivea var. tenacissima and Boehmeria nivea var. strigosa.[7]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Boehmeria nivea (L.) Gaudich". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 16 October 2025.
  2. ^ a b "Boehmeria nivea Ramie, Chinese Grass, Chinese Silk Plant PFAF Plant Database". pfaf.org. Plants for a Future. Retrieved 19 October 2025.
  3. ^ "Boehmeria nivea". Biolib.cz (in Czech). Archived from the original on 22 February 2020. Retrieved 15 October 2025.
  4. ^ a b "Boehmeria nivea in Flora of China @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org. Retrieved 15 October 2025.
  5. ^ a b Huxley, Anthony (1992). Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary of Gardening. Vol. 1. London New York: Macmillan Stockton press. p. 363. ISBN 1-56159-001-0.
  6. ^ "Boehmeria Jacq." International Plant Names Index (IPNI). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries; Australian National Botanic Gardens. Retrieved 16 October 2025.
  7. ^ Zhao, Ying; Milne, Richard I.; Liu, Jie; Li, Zhi-Peng; Fu, Xiao-Gang; Li, Ke; Kipkoech, Amos; Wu, Zeng-Yuan (March 2025). "An Integrated Study of Ramie (Boehmeria nivea), and Its Wild, Cultivated, and Feral Forms". Ecology and Evolution. 15 (3) e71126. doi:10.1002/ece3.71126. ISSN 2045-7758. PMC 11925647. PMID 40124224.
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