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

Urtica membranacea Poir.

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Urtica*	L.	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Urtica azorica*	Seub.	heterotypic synonym
*Urtica caudata*	Vahl	heterotypic synonym
*Urtica lowei*	Seub.	heterotypic synonym
*Urtica dubia*	Forssk.	synonym; nom. inval.

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Catalan: ortiga membranàcia 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).

Galician: estruga; ortiga; urtiga 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: urtiga caudada; urtiga de caudas; urtiga-de-caudas; urtiga-menor-caudada 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: herba d'o cego; hortiga larga; ortiga; ortiga caudada; ortiga de faldas; ortiga larga; ortigas; urtiga de candas; urtiga menor candata; urtiga menor caudada

Literature

nomenclatural reference	Poir. in Lamarck, Encycl. 4. 1798.

Genbank

Citation

Uotila, P. (2011): Urticaceae. – In: Euro+Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Urtica membranacea Poir.. Accessed through: Euro+Med PlantBase at http://ww2.bgbm.org/euroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?UUID=7BE115EA-933F-438F-BE94-59A81830607A