Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Urtica sykesii
Urticaceae Juss.
Urtica sykesii Grosse-Veldmann & Wiegend , legitimate, scientific
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): 255-257 APC [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "NEW ZEALAND. Otago (South Island): Waipori Falls, approx. 25 km south of Dunedin, Nothofagus menziesii forest, original collection by Th. Franke, Mar. 2005, cultivated in Berlin May 2006, M. Weigend 8212 (holotype: CHR!, isotypes: B!, BONN!, E 00267313!)."
  • APC Dist.: Vic
  • Etymology: "... is named after the eminent New Zealand botanist William Russell Sykes..."