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Urtica dioica L.

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Classification

kingdom
Plantae
phylum
Tracheophyta
class
Magnoliopsida
order
Rosales
family
Urticaceae
genus
Urtica
species
Urtica dioica

Name

Synonyms
Urtica dioecia Hill
Urtica dioica subsp. eudioica Selander
Urtica dioica subsp. intermediate
Urtica dioica subsp. narrow-leaved
Urtica dioica var. capensis Wedd.
Urtica dioica var. eckloniana (Blume) Wedd.
Urtica eckloniana Blume
Urtica eckloniana var. flavovirens Blume
Urtica major Garsault
Urtica major Kanitz
Urtica submitis Boiss.
Urtica tibetica W.T.Wang ex C.J.Chen
Homonyms
Urtica dioica Thunb.
Urtica dioica Vell.
Urtica dioica L.
Common names
California Nettle in English
California Nettle in English
California nettle in English
Common Nettle in English
Common Nettle in English
European Nettle in English
European Nettle in English
European nettle in English
Giant Nettle in English
Giant Nettle in English
Grosse Brennessel in German
Große Brennessel in German
Große Brennessel in German
Große Brennnessel in German
Nettle in English
Nettle in English
Slender Nettle in English
Slender Nettle in English
Stinging Nettle in English
Stinging Nettle in English
Stor nælde in Danish
Tall Nettle in English
Tall Nettle in English
brännässla in Swedish
chichicaste in Spanish
common nettle in English
giant nettle in English
grande ortie in French
grande ortie, ortie dioïque in French
grote brandnetel in Dutch
große Brennessel in German
nettle in English
ortie in French
ortiga in Portuguese
ortiga in Spanish
slender nettle in English
stinging nettle in English
stinging nettle in English
tall nettle in English
urtiga in Portuguese
urtiga-maior in language.
urtiga-mansa in language.
urtiga-vermelha in language.
urtigão in language.
yi zhu qian ma in language.
Common Nettle in English
Common Nettle in English
Grote brandnetel in Dutch
brännässla in Swedish
grande ortie in French

Bibliographic References

  1. Böcher, T.W., Holmen, K. & Jakobsen, K. (1978). P. Haase & Søns Forlag, Copenhagen, Denmark ISBN 87-559-0385-1
  2. Euro+Med PlantBase (2013-06-10 22:00:00) The information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity
  3. Karlsson (2004-03-18 23:00:00) Förteckning över svenska kärlväxter
  4. Karlsson, T. & Agestam, M. (2013-06-11 22:00:00) Checklista över Nordens kärlväxter
  5. Karlsson, T. (2013-09-04 22:00:00) Förteckning över svenska kärlväxter
  6. Van der Meijden, R. (2005)
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