Urtica dioica, Linnaeus, 1753

Grosse-Veldmann, Bernadette & Weigend, Maximilian, 2015, Weeding the nettles III: Named nonsense versus named morphotypes in European Urtica dioica L. (Urticaceae), Phytotaxa 208 (4), pp. 239-260 : 251

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Urtica dioica
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2. Urtica dioica View in CoL L. subsp. dioica var. hispida (Lam. ex DC.) Tausch ex Ott (1851: 41) . Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2

Basionym: Urtica hispida Lam. ex DC. (1815: 355) View in CoL . Lectotype (here designated):— FRANCE. Départ. Pyrénées-Orientales: Region Languedoc-Roussillon, Eastern Pyrenees, Prades, anno 1814, M. Coder 182 (G–DC!). Syntype:—same locality, M. Coder s.n. (G–DC!).

Urtica dioica View in CoL L. var. vulgaris Wedd. subvar. hispida (Lam. ex DC.) Wedd. , in DC. (1869: 50).

Urtica dioica L. f. hispida (Lam. ex DC.) Sagorski & G.Schneid. (1891: 450) .

Urtica dioica View in CoL L. subsp. hispida (Lam. ex DC.) Chrtek (1981: 212) .

= Urtica dioica View in CoL L. var. hispida (Lam. ex DC.) Wedd. subvar. horrida Wedd. (1856) . Holotype:—“ In Corsica necnon in Gallia meridionalis frequens” (not located).

Urtica dioica L. var. vulgaris Wedd. subvar. horrida (Wedd.) Wedd. , in DC. (1869: 51).

Urtica dioica View in CoL L. var. horrida (Wedd.) Rouy (1910: 273) .

= Urtica dioica View in CoL L. var. hispida (Lam. ex DC.) Wedd. subvar. duplicato-serrata Wedd. (1856). Holotype:—(not located).

Urtica dioica L. var. vulgaris Wedd. subvar. duplicato-serrata (Wedd.) Wedd., in DC. (1869: 51).

= Urtica hispidula Cariot (1865: 505) View in CoL Urtica dioica View in CoL L. var. hispidula (Cariot) Hegi (1911: 139) . Holotype:—Paturages et rocailles des hautes montagnes. Ain. Le Colombier du Jura et le Reculet, Is. La Grande Chartreuse, entre Grande Vache et Chalais (not located).

Var. hispida is similar to var. dioica View in CoL , but is always robust and generally low-growing (typically 60–80 cm tall). Like var. dioica View in CoL it has leaf margins which are coarsely and deeply serrate and some of the proximal teeth are usually divided. However, the plants are extremely densely covered with stinging hairs and bristles, often appearing nearly white. The perianth, both of the female and male flowers, always has one to several stinging hairs. Female inflorescences are initially spreading, very densely and strongly branched, deflexed in fruit, male inflorescences are much branched, and horizontally spreading.

Distribution and Ecology: —Typically found on open habitats in alpine pastures on calcareous ground, preferably between rocks, in the southern Alps and the Pyrenees, also on Corsica and possibly elsewhere.

Conservation status: —Using IUCN criteria ( IUCN 2001), Urtica dioica subsp. dioica var. hispida is considered “Least Concern” (LC).

Representative specimens:— ALBANIA. Without legible locality, anno 1894, A. Baldacci 156 ( FI) ;— FRANCE. Ain: 14 July 1871, F. Lacroix s.n. ( FR) ; Hautes Pyrenees: Gèdre, Brada , Aug. 1885, Bordére s.n. ( PR, M) ; Estaubé, anno 1872, Bordére s.n. (B), Camp [illegible], anno 1872, Bordére s.n. (B) ; D´Estaubé, 1800 m, 28 July 1882, Bordére s.n. ( FR) ; Aug. 1887, Bordére s.n. (M);— ITALY. Treviso: Alpi Trevigiane, Bosco Cansiglio, R. Palazzo , suolo dolomitico, 1030 m, 04 Aug. 1917, A. Fiori s.n. ( FI) ; Turin: Giaveno , near D´Alpe, 31 July 1928, Fontana s.n. (M) ; Tuscany: Firenze a San Gervasio , June 1904, A. Fiori s.n. ( FI) ; Venetia: Prov. de Treviso, Bosco Cansiglio , circa habitationis et secus vicus frequens, 1000 m, sol. calc., 10 July 1922, A. Fiori 2645 (B, BM, PR, 53041) ; same locality and date, Flora Italica Exsiccata A. Fiori & A. Béguinot No. 2645, A. Fiori s.n. ( FI) ;— SPAIN. Soria: Carrascosa de la Sierra , camino a La Dehesa, 1190 m, 07 July 1980, Granzow & Zaballos 45 (M) ; Estepa de San Juan, Puerto de Oncala , 1465 m, 07 Sept. 1980, Zaballos 296 (M) ;— SWITZERLAND. Wallis: above Gletscheralp, near Saas Fee , 2400 m, 12 July 1911, Ruppert 857 (M) ; Gärsthorn, above Visp, near Mund , 2200 m, 03 Sept. 2004, M. & K. Weigend 8113 (♀, BONN) ; same locality and date, M. & K. Weigend 8114 (♂, BM, BONN, M, P, W) ; specimens prepared from cultivated plants in June 2005, M. & K. Weigend 8114-C (♂, BONN) ; Gärsthorn, above Visp, near Mund , 2500–2600 m, 03 Sept. 2004, M. & K. Weigend 8111 ( BONN, FI, KRAM, M) ; specimens prepared from cultivated plants in June 2005, M. & K. Weigend 8111-C (♀, BONN) ; same locality and date, M. & K. Weigend 8112 (♀, BONN, FI, LE, M, S, W) ; specimens prepared from cultivated plants in June 2005, M. & K. Weigend 8112-C (♀, BONN) ; Sion , Col du Sanetsch, 2200 m, Aug. 2004, M. & K. Weigend 8108 (♀ and <♂ ♀>, BONN, LE, M) ; specimens prepared from cultivated plants in June 2005, M. & K. Weigend 8108-C (♀ and <♂ ♀>, BONN, M, NY, P, W) ; same locality and date, M. & K. Weigend 8109 (♀, BONN, LE, M) ; specimens prepared from cultivated plants in June 2005, M. & K. Weigend 8109-C (♀, BONN, M, P, W) ; same locality, 03 Sept. 2004, cultivated in Berlin June 2005, M. & K. Weigend 8190 (♀, B, BM, BONN, FI, M, MO, P) ; same locality, 30 Aug. 2004, cultivated in Berlin June 2005, M. & K. Weigend 8179 (♂, B, BONN, M, cult: M) ; same locality, Sept. 2004, cultivated in Berlin Aug. 2005, M. Weigend 8200 (♂, BONN, K, M, MO, P) .

FI

Natural History Museum

FR

Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum

PR

National Museum in Prague

BM

Bristol Museum

BONN

University of Bonn

W

Naturhistorisches Museum Wien

KRAM

Polish Academy of Sciences

LE

Servico de Microbiologia e Imunologia

NY

William and Lynda Steere Herbarium of the New York Botanical Garden

MO

Missouri Botanical Garden

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Rosales

Family

Urticaceae

Genus

Urtica

Loc

Urtica dioica

Grosse-Veldmann, Bernadette & Weigend, Maximilian 2015
2015
Loc

Urtica dioica

Chrtek, J. 1981: )
1981
Loc

Urtica dioica

Rouy, G. 1910: )
1910
Loc

Urtica hispidula

Hegi, G. 1911: )
Cariot, A. 1865: )
1865
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