Droguetia
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| Droguetia | |
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| Droguetia leptostachys as Droguetia elliptica | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Urticaceae |
| Genus: | Droguetia Gaudich. |
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Didymogyne Wedd. | |
Droguetia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Urticaceae.[1]
Its wide native range is Africa and the Arabian Peninsula and China.[1]
Its genus name of Droguetia is in honour of Marc Julien Droguet (1769–1836), French naval doctor.[2] and it was published in Voy. Uranie on page 505 in 1830.[1]
Known species:[1]
- Droguetia ambigua Wedd.
- Droguetia debilis Rendle
- Droguetia gaudichaudiana Marais
- Droguetia hildebrandtii Friis & Wilmot-Dear
- Droguetia humbertii Leandri
- Droguetia iners (Forssk.) Schweinf.
- Droguetia leptostachys (Juss. ex Pers.) Wedd.