Urtica massaica

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Rosales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Rosales

Familia: Urticaceae
Tribus: Urticeae
Genus: Urtica
Species: Urtica massaica

Name

Urtica massaica Mildbr., Notizbl. Bot. Gard. Mus. Berlin-Dahlem 8: 275 (1923)

  • Typus: Endlich 170 (female, in flower, January 1909; Holotypus: B [destroyed]).
  • Type locality: [Tanzania.] Kilimandscharo, Nordseite, Olmolog, ca. 1500 m ü. M., Bachufer [= kilimanjaro, north side, Olmolog, ca. 1500 m, above sea level, river bank].

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Africa
    • West-Central Tropical Africa
      • Burundi, Rwanda, Zaïre.
    • East Tropical Africa
      • Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

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Vernacular names

Gĩkũyũ: Thabai
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