Gonostegia pentandra ( Roxburgh, 1832: 583 ) Miquel (1870: 302)

Silveira, Paulo C., Conn, Barry J., Hadiah, Julisasi Tri, Paiva, Jorge A. R., Silva, Helena & Wilmot-Dear, Christine Melanie, 2024, Annotated checklist of the Urticaceae of Timor, Phytotaxa 645 (3), pp. 248-258 : 252

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/phytotaxa.645.3.4
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13557698
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B98784-C804-FFAB-FF3E-FF23112CCBF0
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Gonostegia pentandra ( Roxburgh, 1832: 583 ) Miquel (1870: 302)
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12. Gonostegia pentandra ( Roxburgh, 1832: 583) Miquel (1870: 302) View in CoL

Vernacular: mitaèn (Uab Meto);

Habit: ranging from a weak trailing prostrate and ascending herb, c. 50 cm long, or fairly robust herb to a small subshrub (1-2 m).

Habitat: found in a grass flat near a river on wet soil.

Distribution: from Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nepal and India, throughout S China, Indochina, Philippines, and Indonesia to New Guinea. Not recorded from Peninsular Malaysia or Borneo.

Collections: Timor Barat: Lahurus , Schmutz 2226, 20 Jun 1968 (L!) ; Timor-Leste: Dilli, Jaag 87, 28 Apr 1938 (L!) ; Liquiça, Bazar-Tete, Cinatti 246, 5 Jun 1962 (L!, LISC!) ; Plateau of Fuiloro, (Lautém), site of Mehara , in grass flat near river on wet soil, van Steenis 18117, 18 Dec 1953 (L!, LISC!) ;.