Urtica dioica subsp. cypria, with a re-evaluation of the U. dioica group (Urticaceae) in western Asia

Maximilian Weigend

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24 October 2006 Urtica dioica subsp. cypria, with a re-evaluation of the U. dioica group (Urticaceae) in western Asia

Maximilian Weigend

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Willdenowia, 36(2):811-822 (2006). https://doi.org/10.3372/wi.36.36212

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Weigend, M.: Urtica dioica subsp. cypria, with a re-evaluation of the U. dioica group (Urticaceae) in western Asia. — Willdenowia 36: 811–822. — ISSN 0511-9618; © 2006 BGBM Berlin-Dahlem. doi:10.3372/wi.36.36212 (available via http://dx.doi.org/)

An overview is provided over the perennial taxa in the Urtica dioica complex in Cyprus, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Syria and Turkey. The literature reports a variety of names for the taxa of this group in this region and the recognition and taxonomic status of taxa differ between the respective floristic treatments. On the basis of both living and herbarium material the tentative recognition of the following taxa for these countries is here proposed: U. dioica subsp. cypria (endemic to Cyprus), U. dioica subsp. dioica (syn. Urtica haussknechtii; Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Syria, Cyprus and Turkey, Europe, E USA, W, N & Central Asia), U. dioica subsp. pubescens (Turkey, also SE Europe east of Italy and Hungary, Ukraine, Russia), U. dioica subsp. kurdistanica (syn. U. xiphodon, U. dioica var. xiphodon, U. dioica var. subincisa; Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey) and U. fragilis (Turkey, Lebanon). The sub-species of U. dioica show relatively weak morphological and ecological differentiation, comparable to that observed in Asian and North American subspecies of this group, but the recognition of subsp. cypria is recommended on the basis of weak, but highly consistent morphological characters, such as the distribution of stinging hairs and its exclusively monoecious character. U. fragilis can be considered as very distinct and likely only remotely related.

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Maximilian Weigend "Urtica dioica subsp. cypria, with a re-evaluation of the U. dioica group (Urticaceae) in western Asia," Willdenowia 36(2), 811-822, (24 October 2006). https://doi.org/10.3372/wi.36.36212

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