''Elatostema'' is a

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s containing approximately 350 known

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Urticaceae The Urticaceae are a family, the nettle family, of flowering plants. The family name comes from the genus ''Urtica''. The Urticaceae include a number of well-known and useful plants, including nettles in the genus ''Urtica'', ramie (''Boehmeri ...

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to tropical forest clearings throughout Australasia, Asia and Africa. There may be as many as 1,000 species of this little-known genus, which is susceptible to deforestation and other forms of human exploitation. Some species, for instance the recently discovered ''E. fengshanense'', show unusual adaptations to growing in deep shade in caves. DNA analysis suggests that the three genera ''Elastostema'', '' Pellionia'', and ''

Pilea ''Pilea'', with 600–715 species, is the largest genus of flowering plants in the nettle family Urticaceae. It is distributed throughout the tropics, subtropics, and warm temperate regions (with the exception of Australia and New Zealand). Des ...

'' be grouped together as one. ''Elatostema repens'' and ''E. pulchra'' are cultivated as

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regions. ''E. repens'' and ''E. repens'' var. ''pulchrum'' have gained the

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Elatostema backeri ''Elatostema'' is a genus of flowering plants containing approximately 350 known species in the nettle family Urticaceae, native to tropical forest clearings throughout Australasia, Asia and Africa. There may be as many as 1,000 species of this l ...

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Elatostema fengshanense ''Elatostema'' is a genus of flowering plants containing approximately 350 known species in the nettle family Urticaceae, native to tropical forest clearings throughout Australasia, Asia and Africa. There may be as many as 1,000 species of this l ...

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Elatostema grande ''Elatostema grande'' is a flowering plant in the nettle family. The specific epithet alludes to the relatively large leaves and inflorescences. Description It is a fleshy, perennial herb straggling to . The broadly and obliquely oblanceolate-e ...

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Lord Howe Island Lord Howe Island (; formerly Lord Howe's Island) is an irregularly crescent-shaped volcanic remnant in the Tasman Sea between Australia and New Zealand, part of the Australian state of New South Wales. It lies directly east of mainland P ...

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Elatostema lineolatum ''Elatostema'' is a genus of flowering plants containing approximately 350 known species in the nettle family Urticaceae, native to tropical forest clearings throughout Australasia, Asia and Africa. There may be as many as 1,000 species of this l ...

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Elatostema malipoense ''Elatostema'' is a genus of flowering plants containing approximately 350 known species in the nettle family Urticaceae, native to tropical forest clearings throughout Australasia, Asia and Africa. There may be as many as 1,000 species of this l ...

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Elatostema montanum ''Elatostema'' is a genus of flowering plants containing approximately 350 known species in the nettle family Urticaceae, native to tropical forest clearings throughout Australasia, Asia and Africa. There may be as many as 1,000 species of this l ...

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Norfolk Island Norfolk Island (, ; Norfuk: ''Norf'k Ailen'') is an external territory of Australia located in the Pacific Ocean between New Zealand and New Caledonia, directly east of Australia's Evans Head and about from Lord Howe Island. Together with ...

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Elatostema pleiophlebium ''Elatostema'' is a genus of flowering plants containing approximately 350 known species in the nettle family Urticaceae, native to tropical forest clearings throughout Australasia, Asia and Africa. There may be as many as 1,000 species of this l ...

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Elatostema pulchra ''Elatostema'' is a genus of flowering plants containing approximately 350 known species in the nettle family Urticaceae, native to tropical forest clearings throughout Australasia, Asia and Africa. There may be as many as 1,000 species of this l ...

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Elatostema repens ''Procris repens'' is a species of flowering plant in the nettle family, Urticaceae, commonly known as the ''watermelon begonia'' or ''sisik naga'', although the latter name may also refer various ''Pyrrosia'' species. ''P. repens'' is an inter ...

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Elatostema reticulatum ''Elatostema reticulatum'' is a flowering plant in the nettle family. A lush herbaceous plant with thick soft stems. Growing to 50 cm high, and often seen along rainforest streams. Flowering occurs in summer. Found in eastern Australia from ...

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Elatostema rugosum ''Elatostema rugosum'', commonly known as parataniwha or New Zealand begonia is a herbaceous ground cover plant that is endemic to New Zealand. ''Elatostema rugosum'' grows up to high in wet, shaded places such as gullies and streamsides. It ha ...

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Elatostema stipitatum ''Elatostema stipitatum'' is a flowering plant in the nettle family. Often seen along rainforest streams or moist areas in eastern Australia, north from the Comboyne area of New South Wales to the Sunshine Coast Sunshine Coast may refer to: * ...

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Elatostema umbellatum ''Elatostema umbellatum'' is a species of flowering plant in the nettle family (Urticaceae). It is native to Japan, where it is found from the Kantō region westward. Its natural habitat is in moist, deeply forested places in the mountains. It i ...

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