Urtica massaica Mildbr. belongs to the Urticaceae family. Flora of the World contains 1 recorded occurrence of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.

No collection number

July 9, 2004

Location

Kenya (Sue Brown's private garden)

Location Remarks

Town of Limuru, about 30 miles northwest of Nairobi.

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Rosales

Family

Urticaceae

Genus

Urtica

Specific Epithet

massaica

Authorship

Mildbr.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 0.6

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.1

Global rank

#285,188 of 335,497

Top 86%

Extinction probability

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →