Boehmeria ramiflora

Boehmeria ramiflora, synonyms including Boehmeria jamaicensis, is a species of plant in the family Urticaceae. It is native from Mexico through Central America and parts of the Caribbean to South America. It was first described by Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin in 1760.

Distribution

Boehmeria ramiflora is native to central and southern Mexico, much of Central America, parts of the Caribbean and mainly northern and western South America but also southern Brazil.

Conservation

Boehmeria jamaicensis was assessed as "Lower Risk/near threatened" in 1998 in the IUCN Red List, where it is said to be native only to Jamaica., B. jamaicensis was regarded as a synonym of Boehmeria ramiflora, which has a much wider distribution.