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Descriptor English: Urticaceae
Descriptor Spanish: Urticaceae
Descriptor Urticaceae
Entry term(s) Cecropiaceae
Scope note: Familia de plantas del orden Urticales, subclase Hamamelidae, clase Magnoliopsida. Muchas tienen pelos urentes en los tallos y las hojas. Las flores son pequeñas y verdosas, en las axilas de la hoja. El fruto es seco y con una sola semilla.
Descriptor Portuguese: Urticaceae
Descriptor French: Urticaceae
Entry term(s): Cecropiaceae
Musanga
Myrianthus
Tree number(s): B01.875.800.575.912.250.859.937.937
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D027003
Scope note: The nettles plant family of the order ROSALES, superorder ROSANAE, and class MAGNOLIOPSIDA. Many have stinging hairs on stems and leaves with flowers that are small and greenish in leaf axils. The fruit is dry and one-seeded.
Allowable Qualifiers: AE adverse effects
AH anatomy & histology
CH chemistry
CL classification
CY cytology
DE drug effects
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PH physiology
PO poisoning
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
TO toxicity
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Public MeSH Note: 2002
History Note: 2002
DeCS ID: 35963
Unique ID: D027003
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Date Established: 2002/01/01
Date of Entry: 2001/07/25
Revision Date: 2017/06/02
Urticaceae - Preferred
Concept UI M0379411
Scope note The nettles plant family of the order ROSALES, superorder ROSANAE, and class MAGNOLIOPSIDA. Many have stinging hairs on stems and leaves with flowers that are small and greenish in leaf axils. The fruit is dry and one-seeded.
Preferred term Urticaceae
Myrianthus - Narrower
Concept UI M0400446
Scope note A genus of URTICACEAE that contains myrianthines and Myrianthus holstii lectin (LECTINS).
Preferred term Myrianthus
Cecropiaceae - Narrower
Concept UI M0396920
Scope note A plant family of the order Urticales, subclass Hamamelidae, class Magnoliopsida.
Preferred term Cecropiaceae
Musanga - Narrower
Concept UI M0396921
Scope note A plant genus of the family Cecropiaceae that contains cecropic acid.
Preferred term Musanga



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