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| Family : URTICACEAE |
Protologue : Sp. Pl. 2: 984 (1753) |
| Information on the genus : Urtica |
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Status
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| Status for NA : | accepted (present) |
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| Status for SA : | accepted (naturalised-introduced) |
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| Status for TA : | accepted (naturalised-introduced) |
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| Synonym(s) Heterotypic |
| =Urtica dioica var. capensis Wedd. |
| =Urtica eckloniana Blume |
| =Urtica eckloniana var. flavovirens Blume |
| =Urtica dioica var. angustifolia Schltr. (1832) |
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| Ecology and distribution |
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| Biology : |
Erect perennial herb 30-150 cm tall, dark green, dioecious, with a creeping rhizome; all parts with stinging hairs; stipules linear; inflorescences much branched, c. 10 cm long, male and female ones similar. |
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| Ecology : |
Very variable [for subspecies, etc., see M. Weigend, Urtica dioica subsp. cypria, with a re-evaluation of the U. dioica group (Urticaceaea) in western Asia. Willdenowia 36: 811-822]. |
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Not mapped. |
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Introduced weed, also in S. Africa (cf. Friis & Immelman, Fl. South. Afr. 9, Urticaceae: 3, 5, 2001 (with regional map). |
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| Biol./Eco : |
biology: perennial -Herb - Ht 0.3 - 1 m. Alt: 1000 - 1920 m. Distribution: EC, NC, WC |
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Bibliography for Southern Africa :
- Énum. Pl. Fleurs Afr. Trop. 2: 146 (1992).
- Fl. S. Africa 9: 3 (2001).
- Checklist Flow. Pl. Sub-Saharan Africa : 665 (2006).
Bibliography for North Africa :
- BATTANDIER, J. A. & TRABUT, M. (1888). Flore de l'Algérie. Dicotyledones. [1-184] Monocotyledones par L. Trabut. [p.810]
- JAHANDIEZ, E. & R. MAIRE (1931). Catalogue des Plantes du Maroc. Minerva, Lechevalier éds., Alger. [p.168]
- MAIRE, R. (1961). FLORE DE L'AFRIQUE DU NORD. Lechevalier éd., Paris, [p.156]
- QUÉZEL, P. & S. SANTA (1962). NOUVELLE FLORE DE L'ALGÉRIE et des régions désertiques méridionales. vol. [1] CNRS., Paris. [p.278]
- TUTIN, T. G. & al. (ed.) (1964). Flora Europaea. (vol.1) ed.1 Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. [p.79]
- ALI, S. I., S. M. H. JAFRI & A. EL GADI (ed.) (1989). Flora of Libya. Al Faateh University. Tripoli. [p.12]
- POTTIER-ALAPETITE, G (1979). Flore de la Tunisie [vol. 1]. Publié par les soins de A. NABLI. Ministère de l'Enseign. Sup. et de la Rech. Scient. et Ministère de l'Agric. Tunis. [p.18]
- VALDES, B., S. TALAVERA & E. FERNANDEZ-GALIANO (ed.) (1987). Flora Vascular de Andalucía Occidental, vol. 1 Ketrès éditoria, Barcelona, 1987. Vol.1: [1]-485. [p.155]
- CASTROVIEJO S. & al. (ed.) (1993). Flora Iberica. Real Jardín Botaníco, C.S.I.C. Servicio de Publicaciones. Madrid. 1983- Vol. 3: [i]-liv, [1]-730. [p.264]
- FENNANE, M., M. IBN TATTOU, J. MATHEZ, A. OUYAHYA & J. EL OUALIDI (éd.) (1999). Flore pratique du Maroc. vol. [1] Trav. Inst. Sci., Série Bot. 36. Rabat. [p.128]
- FENNANE, M. & M. IBN TATTOU (2005). Flore vasculaire du Maroc. Inventaire et chorologie. Trav. Inst. Sci. Univ. Mohammed V, Sér. Bot. 37: [390]
- Le Floc'H, E. & L. Boulos (2008). Flore de Tunisie. Catalogue synonymique commenté. Montpellier. 461pp. [p.300]
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| More info on : |
| see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative |
| see under The International Plant Name Index |
| see under Herbarium, North Africa MPU |
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| Record n°122335 modified 2007-01-11 |
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