Didymodoxa capensis

Didymodoxa capensis

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: Forsskaoleae
Genus: Didymodoxa
Species: Didymodoxa capensis

Varietates: D. c. var. capensis – D. c. var. integrifolia

Name

Didymodoxa capensis (L.f.) Friis & Wilmot-Dear, Nordic J. Bot. 7(2): 126. (1987)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Urtica capensis L.f., Suppl. Pl. 417. (1782)
    • Type locality: South Africa. Caput bonae Spei.
    • Holotype: Thunberg, C.P. #s.n. LDLD1258224.
• Homotypic
  • Fleurya capensis (L.f.) Wedd., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. sér. 4, 1: 183. (1854)
• Heterotypic (ref. Govaerts 2019, Hassler 2019)
  • Australina capensis Wedd., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. sér. 4, 1: 212. (1854)
  • Australina procumbens N.E.Br., Fl. Cap. (Harvey) 5(2.4): 553. (1925)
  • Australina thunbergii N.E.Br., Fl. Cap. (Harvey) 5(2.4): 554. (1925)
• (+ ref. Hassler 2019)
  • Urtica ovalifolia Buching., Flora 28: 88 (1845), nom. illeg. (later homonym of Urtica ovalifolia Stokes, Bot. Mat. Med. 4: 372. 1812)
  • Urtica peduncularis E.Mey., In: Drege, Zwei Pfl. Docum. 228. (1846), nom. illeg. (later homonym of Urtica peduncularis Sm., Cycl. [A. Rees], (London ed.) 37: n.º 6. (1818)
  • Urtica pedunculata Wedd., Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. 9: 118. (1856), nom. inval. in syn.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Africa Southern Africa Cape Provinces, Namibia References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Friis, I., Immelman, K. & Wilmot-Dear, C.M. 1987. New taxa and combinations in Old World Urticaceae. Nordic Journal of Botany 7(2): 125–126. DOI: 10.1111/j.1756-1051.1987.tb00924.x Reference page. 
• Linnaeus, C. (filius) 1782 ["1781"]. Supplementum Plantarum systematis vegetabilium editionis decimae tertiae, generum plantarum editionis sextae, et specierum plantarum editionis secundae. [XVI]+468 pp. Impensis Orphanotrophei, Brunsvigae [Braunschweig]. BHL Reference page. : 417

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Didymodoxa capensis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Nov. 25. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2019. Didymodoxa capensis. 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. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Nov. 25. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Didymodoxa capensis. Published online. Accessed: Nov. 25 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Didymodoxa capensis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 25 Nov. 2019.

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