Urtica

Urtica cannabina

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Rosales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Rosales

Familia: Urticaceae
Tribus: Urticeae
Genus: Urtica
Species: U. angustifolia – U. ardens – U. aspera – U. atrichocaulis – U. atrovirens – U. australis – U. ballotifolia – U. berteroana – U. bianorii – U. bullata – U. cannabina – U. chamaedryoides – U. chengkouensis – U. circularis – U. cypria – U. dioica – U. domingensis – U. echinata – U. ferox – U. fissa – U. flabellata – U. fragilis – U. glomeruliflora – U. gracilenta – U. gracilis – U. helanshanica – U. himalayensis – U. hyperborea – U. incisa – U. kioviensis – U. laetevirens – U. lalibertadensis – U. laurifolia – U. leptophylla – U. lilloi – U. lobata – U. macbridei – U. magellanica – U. mairei – U. malipoensis – U. masafuerae – U. massaica – U. membranacea – U. membranifolia – U. mexicana – U. morifolia – U. neubaueri – U. papuana – U. perconfusa – U. peruviana – U. pilulifera – U. platyphylla – U. portosanctana – U. praetermissa – U. pseudomagellanica – U. rubricaulis – U. rupestris – U. sansibarica – U. simensis – U. spatulata – U. spirealis – U. stachyoides – U. subincisa – U. sykesii – U. taiwaniana – U. thunbergiana – U. triangularis – U. trichantha – U. urens – U. urentivelutina – U. wallichiana
Nothospecies: U. × oblongata 

Name

Urtica L., Sp. Pl. 2: 983 (1753); Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 423 (1754).

• Type species: Urtica dioica L., Sp. Pl. 2: 984 (1753).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Vrtica Noronha, Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunsten 5(4): 28 (1790), orth. var.
• Heterotypic
  • Selepsion Raf., Fl. Tellur. 3: 48 (1837).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe Regional: Northern Europe Denmark, Finland, Føroyar, Great Britain, Iceland, Ireland, Norway, Svalbard (introduced), Sweden. Regional: Middle Europe Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland. Regional: Southwestern Europe Baleares, Corse, France, Portugal, Sardegna, Spain. Regional: Southeastern Europe Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Romania, Sicilia, Turkey-in-Europe, Yugoslavia. Regional: Eastern Europe Belarus, Baltic States, Krym, Central European Russia, East European Russia, North European Russia, South European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Ukraine. Continental: Africa Regional: Northern Africa Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia. Regional: Macaronesia Azores, Canary Islands, Madeira, Selvagens. Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa Burundi, Rwanda, Zaire. Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa Eritrea, Ethiopia, Socotra, Somalia, Sudan. Regional: East Tropical Africa Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda. Regional: Southern Africa Cape Provinces, Lesotho, Namibia (introduced), KwaZulu-Natal, Free State, Northern Provinces (introduced). Regional: Middle Atlantic Ocean St.Helena (introduced). Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Siberia Altay, Buryatiya, Chita, Irkutsk, Krasnoyarsk, Tuva, West Siberia, Yakutskiya. Regional: Russian Far East Amur, Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Kuril Islands, Magadan, Primorye, Sakhalin. Regional: Middle Asia Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Turkmenistan, Tadzhikistan, Uzbekistan. Regional: Caucasus North Caucasus, Transcaucasus. Regional: Western Asia Afghanistan, Cyprus, East Aegean Islands, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Sinai, Turkey. Regional: Arabian Peninsula Gulf States, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Yemen. Regional: China China South-Central, Inner Mongolia, Manchuria, China North-Central, Qinghai, China Southeast, Tibet, Xinjiang. Regional: Mongolia Mongolia. Regional: Eastern Asia Japan, Korea, Taiwan. Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Indian Subcontinent Assam, East Himalaya, India, Nepal, Pakistan, West Himalaya. Regional: Indo-China Vietnam. Regional: Malesia Jawa, Lesser Sunda Islands, Maluku, Philippines, Sumatera. Regional: Papuasia New Guinea. Continental: Australasia Regional: Australia Norfolk Islands (introduced), New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia. Regional: New Zealand Antipodean Islands, New Zealand North, New Zealand South. Continental: Pacific Regional: North-Central Pacific Hawaii (introduced). Continental: Northern America Regional: Subarctic America Alaska, Greenland (introduced), Northwest Territories, Yukon. Regional: Western Canada Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan. Regional: Eastern Canada Labrador, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Québec. Regional: Northwestern U.S.A. Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming. Regional: North-Central U.S.A. Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Wisconsin. Regional: Northeastern U.S.A. Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia. Regional: Southwestern U.S.A. Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah. Regional: South-Central U.S.A. New Mexico, Texas. Regional: Southeastern U.S.A. Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, District of Columbia (introduced). Regional: Mexico Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest, Mexico Southeast. Continental: Southern America Regional: Central America Costa Rica, Guatemala, Panama. Regional: Caribbean Bermuda, Cuba (introduced), Dominican Republic, Haiti. Regional: Northern South America Venezuela. Regional: Western South America Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Galápagos (introduced), Peru. Regional: Brazil Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast (introduced), Brazil South. Regional: Southern South America Argentina Northeast, Argentina South, Argentina Northwest, Chile Central, Chile North, Chile South, Juan Fernández Islands, Paraguay, Uruguay. Continental: Antarctic Regional: Subantarctic Islands Falkland Islands, South Georgia, Tristan da Cunha (introduced). References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 983. Reference page. 
• Linnaeus, C. 1754. Genera Plantarum, ed. 5: 423. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Henning, T., Quandt, D., Grosse-Veldmann, B., Monro, A.K. & Weigend, M. 2014. Weeding the Nettles II: A delimitation of "Urtica dioica L. (Urticaceae) based on morphological and molecular data, including a rehabilitation of Urtica gracilis Ait. Phytotaxa 162(2): 61–83. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.162.2.1 ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Weigend, M. & Luebert, F. 2009. Weeding the nettles I: clarifying species limits in perennial, rhizomatous Urtica (Urticaceae) from southern and central Chile and Argentina. Phytotaxa 2: 1–12. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.2.1.1 ResearchGate Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Urtica in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Jan 2. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2020. Urtica. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2020. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Jan 2. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

አማርኛ: ሳማ
aragonés: Chordiga, chordica
العربية: قراص
asturianu: Urtica
azərbaycanca: Gicitkən
беларуская: Крапіва
български: Коприва
català: Ortiga
کوردی: گەزگەسک
čeština: kopřiva
чӑвашла: Вĕлтĕрен
dansk: Nælde
Deutsch: Brennnesseln
Zazaki: Dırrıke
Ελληνικά: Τσουκνίδα
English: Nettle
Esperanto: Urtiko
eesti: Nõges
euskara: Asun
فارسی: گزنه
suomi: Nokkoset
Nordfriisk: Braannäädler
français: Ortie
Gaeilge: Neantóg
galego: Ortiga
עברית: סרפד
hrvatski: Kopriva
hornjoserbsce: Kopřiwa
հայերեն: Եղինջ
Ido: Urtiko
日本語: イラクサ属
ქართული: ჭინჭარი
қазақша: Қалақай
перем коми: Петшӧр
한국어: 쐐기풀속
kurdî: Giyagezk
коми: Петшӧр
лакку: МечӀ
Limburgs: Brennieëtel
lietuvių: Dilgėlė
latviešu: Nātres
мокшень: Палакс
кырык мары: Нуж
مازِرونی: گزنه
Nedersaksies: Braandnetel
Nederlands: Brandnetel
norsk: Nesleslekta
Nouormand: Ortchie
Diné bizaad: Hołchʼíʼí
occitan: Urtica
ирон: Пысыра
polski: Pokrzywa
Runa Simi: Kisa
русский: Крапива
sardu: Pitigaìa
slovenčina: pŕhľava, žihľava
shqip: Hithëra
svenska: Nässlor
தமிழ்: செந்தட்டி
Türkçe: Isırgan
татарча / tatarça: Кычыткан
українська: Кропива
oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча: Gazanda
Zeêuws: Broeinekel
中文: 蕁麻

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