Higher Classification: > Kingdom Plantae > Division Tracheophyta > Subdivision Spermatophytina > Class Magnoliopsida > Superorder Rosanae > Order Rosales > Family Urticaceae > Genus Urtica

Urtica pilulifera L.

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Urtica*	L.	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Urtica dodartii*	L.	heterotypic synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Catalan: artigolles; ortiga balera; ortiga de bolletes; ortiga de pilotas; ortiga de pilotes; ortiga de pilotetes sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).

Majorcan: espinas; ortiga de bolletes; ortiga maleita; urtiga de bolletas; urtigas sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).

Portuguese: ortiga romana; urtiga romana sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).

Spanish, Castillian: hortiga macho; ortiga de bolillos; ortiga de pelotillas; ortiga de pelotillos; ortiga macho; ortiga pildorea; ortiga pildorera; ortiga romana sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).

Valencian: ortiga balera; ortiga menuda

Literature

nomenclatural reference	L., Sp. Pl. 1753.

Genbank

Citation

Uotila, P. (2011): Urticaceae. – In: Euro+Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Urtica pilulifera L.. Accessed through: Euro+Med PlantBase at http://ww2.bgbm.org/euroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?UUID=0A2873F0-62EC-4CEE-AFA3-55C307347ADC