Debregeasia Explained

Debregeasia is a genus of plants in the nettle family Urticaceae native to areas from northern Africa to China, Southeast Asia and Australia.

Species

, eight species are recognised by Plants of the World Online, as follows:

• Debregeasia australis - Queensland (Australia)
• Debregeasia elliptica - Yunnan, Guangxi (China), Vietnam
• Debregeasia hekouensis - Yunnan
• Debregeasia longifolia - India, Nepal, Tibet, China, Mainland Southeast Asia, Malesia
• Debregeasia orientalis - Nepal, Tibet, China, Taiwan, Japan
• Debregeasia saeneb - Ethiopia, Eritrea, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Tibet, Xinjiang (China)
• Debregeasia squamata - Assam (India), southern China, western Malesia
• Debregeasia wallichiana - India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Andaman Islands, southern China, Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand