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The Botanical System of the Plants
Das Botanisches System der Pflanzen
Friedrich A. Lohmueller

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Familia: Urticaceae Juss., (1789), nom. cons.(nettle family - Brennesselgewächse)
Tribus:   Urticeae
Genus:  Urtica L., - (nettle - Brennesseln)

Urtica dioica
Urtica dioica
     

Species: ~80
Geography: cosmopolitan.
  • Urtica angustifolia Fisch. ex Hornem. (1819), - China, Japan, Korea.
  • Urtica ardens. - China.
  • Urtica atrichocaulis, - Himalaya, southwestern China.
  • Urtica atrovirens, - Western Mediterranean region.
  • Urtica balaerica
  • Urtica ballotifolia
  • Urtica buchtienii
  • Urtica cannabina L. (1753), (Sibirische Hanfnessel), - Western Asia from Siberia to Iran.
  • Urtica chamaedryoides (heartleaf nettle), - Southeastern North America.
  • Urtica cordifolia
  • Urtica dioica L. (1753) (stinging nettle, bull nettle - Große Brennessel), - Europe, Asia, North America.
  • Urtica dodartii
  • Urtica dubia (large-leaved nettle), - Canada.
  • Urtica echinata
  • Urtica flabellata
  • Urtica ferox (ongaonga, tree nettle), - New Zealand.
  • Urtica fissa. China.
  • Urtica galeopsifolia Wierzb. ex Opiz, (1825), - Central and eastern Europe.
  • Urtica gracilenta (mountain nettle), - Arizona, New Mexico, west Texas, northern Mexico.
  • Urtica himalayensis
  • Urtica hyperborea, - Himalaya from Pakistan to Bhutan, Mongolia and Tibet, high altitudes.
  • Urtica incisa (scrub nettle), - Australia.
  • Urtica kioviensis Rogow. (1843), (Röhricht-Brennnessel), - Eastern Europe.
  • Urtica laetivirens Maxim. (1877), - Japan, Manchuria.
  • Urtica linearifolia. (creeping, swamp nettle), - New Zealand.
  • Urtica magellanica
  • Urtica mairei, - Himalaya, southwestern China, northeastern India, Myanmar.
  • Urtica massaica
  • Urtica membranacea, - Mediterranean region, Azores.
  • Urtica morifolia, (Maulbeerblättrige Brennnessel), - Canary Islands (endemic).
  • Urtica parviflora, - Himalaya (lower altitudes).
  • Urtica pilulifera, (Roman nettle - Pillen-Brennnessel), - Southern Europe.
  • Urtica platyphylla Wedd. (1856-1857), - China, Japan.
  • Urtica pubescens Ledeb. (1833), - Southwestern Russia east to central Asia.
  • Urtica rupestris. Sicily (endemic).
  • Urtica simensis
  • Urtica sondenii (Simmons) Avrorin ex Geltman, (1988), - Northeastern Europe, northern Asia.
  • Urtica spatulata
  • Urtica taiwaniana. Taiwan.
  • Urtica thunbergiana. Japan, Taiwan.
  • Urtica triangularisa
  • Urtica urens L. (1753), (dwarf nettle, annual nettle - Kleine Brennessel). - Europe, North America.
  • Urtica virulenta

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