Key for Boehmeria Jacq.

1Leaves (sub)opposite or partly alternate and distichous; stipules 0.1-0.3 cm long; fruiting perianth compressed, in outline suborbicular, with uncinate hairs; stigma ca. 0.2 mm long; tepals of the staminate flowers not corniculate.
1'Leaves alternate and ± spirally arranged; stipules 0.5-1 cm long; fruiting perianth not compressed, in outline ovate or elliptic, with straight hairs; stigma ca. 1 mm long; tepals of the staminate flowers corniculate.