Urticaceae
Urtica
Urtica dioica

Urtica dioica var. holosericea Fr.

First published in Novit. Fl. Suec. Alt.: 281 (1828)
This variety is accepted
The native range of this variety is Temp. Eurasia. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Altay, Amur, Austria, Baltic States, Buryatiya, Central European Rus, China North-Central, Chita, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Inner Mongolia, Irkutsk, Italy, Japan, Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Magadan, Manchuria, Mongolia, Northwest European R, Norway, Poland, Primorye, Sakhalin, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Tuva, Yakutskiya

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Grosse-Veldmann, B. & Weigend, M. (2015). Weeding the nettles III: names nonsense versus names morphotypes in European Urtica dioica L. (Urticaceae). Phytotaxa 208(4): 239-260.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Barkalov, V.Y. (ed.) (1991). Plantae Vasculares Orientalis Extremi Sovietici 5: 1-388. Nauka, Leningrad.
  • Chang, C.S., Kim, H. & Chang, K.S. (2014). Provisional checklist of vascular plants for the Korea peninsula flora (KPF): 1-660. DESIGNPOST.
  • Grosse-Veldmann, B. & Weigend, M. (2015). Weeding the nettles III: names nonsense versus names morphotypes in European Urtica dioica L. (Urticaceae). Phytotaxa 208(4): 239-260.
  • Krasnoborov, I.M. & Malyshev, L.I. (2003). Flora of Siberia 5: 1-305. Scientific Publishers, Inc., Enfield, Plymouth.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2003). Flora of China 5: 1-505. Science Press (Beijing) & Missouri Botanical Garden Press (St. Louis).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1928 Anderson, D.J. [s.n.] China Urtica angustifolia K000694848 Syntype Yes
Schoch, O. [259] China Urtica angustifolia K000694847 Syntype Yes

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

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