Urtica linearifolia (Hook.f.) Cockayne

Details

Name scientific

Urtica linearifolia (Hook.f.) Cockayne, Trans. New Zealand Inst. 47: 111 (1914 [1915])

Preferred name

Urtica incisa Poir.

Taxonomy reference

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.

Linked name

Urtica linearifolia (Hook.f.) Cockayne

Nomenclature

Authors

(Hook.f.) Cockayne

Original authors

Hook.f.

Combination authors

Cockayne

Publication place

Cockayne, L. 1915: Some New Species of New Zealand Flowering-plants. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 47: 111–118.

Year published

1914

Year on publication

1915

Publication page

111

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Urtica lucifuga var. linearifolia Hook.f.

Taxonomic rank

species

Canonical form

Urtica linearifolia

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Rosales

Family

Urticaceae

Genus

Urtica

Species

linearifolia

Vernacular names

Language of use: English

Swamp nettle

Descriptions

Allan, H.H. 1961: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. I. Indigenous Tracheophyta: Psilopsida, Lycopsida, Filicopsida, Gymnospermae, Dicotyledones. Government Printer, Wellington.

Urtica linearifolia (Hook.f.) Cockayne

Description

Herb with slender scrambling or climbing, us. sparingly branched stems up to 2 m. long; branchlets, petioles and lvs sparingly clad in stinging hairs, sts almost lacking armature. Lvs 3-8 cm. × 5-12 mm., on petioles up to 5 mm. long; lamina linear to linear-lanceolate, dentate-serrate, acuminate, cuneate to truncate at base; teeth 1-2 mm. long, sharp, sinus acute. Staminate spikes up to 1 cm. long; per. glab. or nearly so; pistillate often reduced to glomerules. Achenes 1-1·5 mm. long, brown.

Dawson, M.I. 2008: Index of chromosome numbers of indigenous New Zealand vascular plants.

Urtica linearifolia (Hook.f.) Cockayne

Description

2n = 24

Webb, C.J.; Sykes, W.R.; Garnock-Jones, P.J. 1988: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. IV. Naturalised Pteridophytes, Gymnosperms, Dicotyledons. Botany Division DSIR, Christchurch.

Urtica linearifolia (Hook.f.) Cockayne

Description

Scrambling or climbing, monoecious herb, with few very shortly stalked stinging hairs, otherwise glabrous. Lvs narrowly ovate to lanceolate, acute to acuminate, obtuse at base, coarsely serrate, (2)-3-7 cm long. Stipules 2 per node and 2-fid, or 4 per node and entire. Most racemes unisexual; ♀ racemes below ♂ on the stem.

Taxonomic concepts

Name

Cited name

Reference

Preferred name

Parent name

Urtica linearifolia (Hook.f.) Cockayne

Urtica linearifolia (Hook.f.) Cockayne

Allan, H.H. (1961)

Urtica linearifolia (Hook.f.) Cockayne

Urtica linearifolia (Hook.f.) Cockayne

Dawson, M.I. (2008)

Urtica L.

Urtica linearifolia (Hook.f.) Cockayne

Urtica linearifolia (Hook.f.) Cockayne

de Lange, P.J.; Norton, D.A. et al. (2004)

Urtica linearifolia (Hook.f.) Cockayne

Urtica linearifolia (Hook.f.) Cockayne

de Lange, P.J.; Norton, D.A. et al. (2009)

Urtica linearifolia (Hook.f.) Cockayne

Urtica linearifolia (Hook.f.) Cockayne

de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R. et al. (2013)

Urtica linearifolia (Hook.f.) Cockayne

Urtica linearifolia (Hook.f.) Cockayne

Grosse-Veldmann, B.; Conn, B.J.; Weigend, M. (2016)

Urtica incisa Poir.

Urtica linearifolia (Hook.f.) Cockayne

Urtica linearifolia (Hook.f.) Cockayne

Webb, C.J.; Sykes, W.R.; Garnock-Jones, P.J. (1988)

Collections

Determined name

Country

Geographic region

Indicative databased records

Urtica linearifolia (Hook.f.) Cockayne

[Not available]

Metadata

Record id

c9255947-abf9-4c9d-ad48-01c8aad8a334

Record class

scientific name

Record source

Names_Plants

Date added

1 January 2000

Date last updated

8 February 2016

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