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Urtica incisa Poir.

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Exotic
Wild
New Zealand
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Poir.
Poir.
1816
224
ICN
Urtica incisa Poir.
species
Urtica incisa
Lectotype (Grosse-Veldmann et al. 2016):—[AUSTRALIA. Nouvelle Hollande]. Urtica incisa (n), nov. holl., labill. [J. J. H. de Labillardière s.n.] (P-DESF 00601927!). Syntype:—[AUSTRALIA. Nouvelle Hollande]. n. holl., bill. [J. J. H. de Labillardière s.n.] (FI-WEBB 169977!)

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incisa

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Urtica incisa Poir.

Monoec. herb with rather slender stems, simple to much-branched, up to 6 dm. tall, sparsely clad in stinging hairs. Lvs 2-5 × 2-5 cm., on petioles up to 7 cm. long, rather closely to sparsely clad in stinging hairs; lamina thin, ovate to broad-ovate to deltoid, glab. except for a few stinging hairs, truncate to subcordate at base, coarsely serrate-dentate, sts incised; teeth acute to apiculate, 4-mm. or more long, sinus obtuse to acute. Stipules up to 1 cm. long, us. entire. Spikes up to 2 cm. or more long, solitary or paired, either with ♂ above, ♀ below, or bearing one sex only; per. glab. or nearly so. Achenes 1-1·5 mm. long, pale brown.
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.

Urtica incisa Poir.

Slender, erect or decumbent, monoecious herb, sparsely to moderately clothed in very shortly stalked stinging hairs, otherwise sparsely hairy or ± glabrous. Lvs ovate to deltoid, acute to acuminate, truncate at base, coarsely serrate to dentate, 4-10-(12) cm long. Stipules 4 per node, entire. Most racemes unisexual; ♀ racemes above ♂ on the stem.
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.

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Urtica incisa Poir.
Urtica incisa Poir.
Urtica incisa Poir.
Urtica incisa Poir.
Urtica incisa Poir.
Urtica incisa Poir.
Urtica incisa Poir.
Urtica incisa Poir.
Urtica incisa Poir.
Urtica incisa Poir.
Urtica incisa Poir.
Urtica incisa Poir.
Urtica lucifuga Hook.f.
Urtica incisa Poir.

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Indigenous, non-endemic
Wild
New Zealand
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Urtica incisa Poir.
Australia
Urtica incisa Poir.
Australia
Tasmania
Urtica incisa Poir.
New Zealand
Urtica incisa Poir.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Urtica incisa Poir.
New Zealand
Marlborough Land District
Urtica incisa Poir.
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
Urtica incisa Poir.
New Zealand
Otago Land District
Urtica incisa Poir.
New Zealand
South Auckland Land District
Urtica incisa Poir.
New Zealand
Southland Land District
Urtica incisa Poir.
New Zealand
Wellington Land District
Urtica incisa Poir.
New Zealand
Westland Land District
New Zealand
Marlborough Land District
New Zealand
Wellington Land District

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typification
Lectotype (Grosse-Veldmann et al. 2016):—[AUSTRALIA. Nouvelle Hollande]. Urtica incisa (n), nov. holl., labill. [J. J. H. de Labillardière s.n.] (P-DESF 00601927!). Syntype:—[AUSTRALIA. Nouvelle Hollande]. n. holl., bill. [J. J. H. de Labillardière s.n.] (FI-WEBB 169977!)
editorial
The names Urtica incisa, originally described from mainland Australia, and U. incisa var. linearifolia from Tasmania, have been misapplied to New Zealand taxa.

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bc2e2402-7f74-4b2e-91b3-a7376f176d49
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
8 February 2016
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