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Taxon

Urtica dioica L.

Protologue Sp. Pl. 2: 984. 1753 [1 Mai 1753]BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Least Concern
Urtica dioica--Italy. Umbria, Todi.  16 May 02.  018.jpg

Urtica dioica--Italy. Umbria, Todi. 16 May 02. 018.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Native to 85 botanical countries across Europe, Africa, Temperate Asia, and Tropical Asia; introduced into 54 botanical countries across Europe, Africa, Australasia, Northern America, Southern America, and Other regions (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Showing the global range from POWO; no georeferenced specimens for this taxon.

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

No collection number

May 16, 2002

Location

Italy

Location Remarks

Umbria Todi

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Rosales

Family

Urticaceae

Genus

Urtica

Specific Epithet

dioica

Authorship

L.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 2.9

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

Threat status

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

0.1

Global rank

#225,255 of 335,497

Top 68%

Extinction probability

6%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →