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Urtica sykesii Grosse-Veldm. & Weigend

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Urtica sykesii Grosse-Veldm. & Weigend in Grosse-Veldmann et al., Phytotaxa 245: 255-257 (2016)
Urtica sykesii Grosse-Veldm. & Weigend
Grosse-Veldmann, B.; Conn, B.J.; Weigend, M. 2016: Weeding the nettles IV: A redefinition of Urtica incisa and allies in New Zealand and Australia, including the segregation of two new species Urtica sykesii and U. perconfusa. Phytotaxa 245(4): 251–261.

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Indigenous, non-endemic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region
Grosse-Veldmann, B.; Conn, B.J.; Weigend, M. (2016)

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Grosse-Veldm. & Weigend
Grosse-Veldm. & Weigend
Grosse-Veldmann, B.; Conn, B.J.; Weigend, M. 2016: Weeding the nettles IV: A redefinition of Urtica incisa and allies in New Zealand and Australia, including the segregation of two new species Urtica sykesii and U. perconfusa. Phytotaxa 245(4): 251–261.
2016
255-257
ICN
Urtica sykesii Grosse-Veldm. & Weigend
species
Urtica sykesii
named after the eminent New Zealand botanist William Russell Sykes
Type:—NEW ZEALAND. Otago (South Island): Waipori Falls, approx. 25 km south of Dunedin, Nothofagus menziesii forest, original collection by Th. Franke, Mar. 2005, cultivated in Berlin May 2006, M. Weigend 8212 (holotype: CHR!, isotypes: B!, BONN!, E 00267313!).

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Rosales
Urticaceae
Urtica
sykesii

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Urtica incisa New Zealand Botanists
Urtica Incisa New Zealand Botanists
Grosse-Veldmann, B.; Conn, B.J.; Weigend, M. (2016)
Urtica sykesii Grosse-Veldm. & Weigend
Urtica sykesii Grosse-Veldm. & Weigend
Urtica sykesii Grosse-Veldman & Weigend
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R. et al. (2018)
Urtica sykesii Grosse-Veldm. & Weigend
Urtica sykesii Grosse-Veldm. & Weigend
Urtica sykesii Grosse-Veldman & Weigend
Grosse-Veldmann, B.; Conn, B.J.; Weigend, M. (2016)
Urtica sykesii Grosse-Veldm. & Weigend

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Urtica incisa New Zealand Botanists
New Zealand
Southland Land District
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Urtica sykesii Grosse-Veldm. & Weigend
New Zealand
Gisborne Land District
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Urtica sykesii Grosse-Veldm. & Weigend
New Zealand
Marlborough Land District
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Urtica sykesii Grosse-Veldm. & Weigend
New Zealand
Otago Land District
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Urtica sykesii Grosse-Veldm. & Weigend
New Zealand
South Auckland Land District
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Urtica sykesii Grosse-Veldm. & Weigend
New Zealand
Taranaki Land District
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Urtica sykesii Grosse-Veldm. & Weigend
New Zealand
Wellington Land District
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typification
Type:—NEW ZEALAND. Otago (South Island): Waipori Falls, approx. 25 km south of Dunedin, Nothofagus menziesii forest, original collection by Th. Franke, Mar. 2005, cultivated in Berlin May 2006, M. Weigend 8212 (holotype: CHR!, isotypes: B!, BONN!, E 00267313!).
Grosse-Veldmann, B.; Conn, B.J.; Weigend, M. 2016: Weeding the nettles IV: A redefinition of Urtica incisa and allies in New Zealand and Australia, including the segregation of two new species Urtica sykesii and U. perconfusa. Phytotaxa 245(4): 251–261.
Etymology
named after the eminent New Zealand botanist William Russell Sykes

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10d8c3d0-afd6-404c-bf5c-bc35f19fde35
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Names_Plants
8 February 2016
14 October 2025
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