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Urtica schimperiana

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Identification
Urtica schimperiana Hochst. ex Steud. [family URTICACEAE ] Fleurya aestuans (L.) Gaudich. [family URTICACEAE ] Verified by Wee-lek,C., Laportea aestuans (L.) Chew [family URTICACEAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
  • Fleurya aestuans
  • Urtica schimperiana
  • Laportea aestuans

Flora

Entry for Laportea aestuans L. Chew [family URTICACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 9, Part 6, page 79, (1991) Author: I. Friis
Names
Laportea bathiei Léandri [family URTICACEAE], in Fl. Madag. 56, Urtic.: 10, t. 2, fig. 1–7 (1965). Type as for Fleurya perrieri J. Léandri.
Fleurya aestuans var. linnaeana Wedd. [family URTICACEAE], in DC., Prodr. 16, 1: 72 (1969). Type as for typical variety.
Fleurya perrieri Léandri [family URTICACEAE], in Ann. Mus. Col. Marseille, Sér. 6, 7–8: 16, fig. 3 (1950) non Laportea perrieri J. Léandri (1950). Type from Madagascar.
Urtica schimperiana Steud. [family URTICACEAE], in Flora 33: 259 (1850). —A. Rich., Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 261 (1851). Type from Ethiopia.
Urtica aestuans L. [family URTICACEAE], Sp. Pl., ed. 2: 1397 (1753). Type as above.
Urtica hirsuta Vahl [family URTICACEAE], Symb. Bot. 1: 77 (1790). Type from the Yemen.
Fleurya aestuans L. Gaudich. [family URTICACEAE], in Freyc., Voy. Monde, Bot.: 497 (1830). —Rendle in F.T.A. 6, 2: 246 (1917). —Hauman in F.C.B. 1: 188 (1948). —Keay in F.W.T.A, ed. 2, 1: 619 (1958). —Agnew, Upland Kenya Wild Fl.: 321 (1974). Type as above.
Laportea aestuans L. Chew [family URTICACEAE], in Gard. Bull., Singapore 21: 200 (1965). —Letouzey in Fl. Cameroun 8: 121 (1968).—Chew in Gard. Bull., Singapore 25: 164 (1969).— Friis in F.T.E.A., Urticaceae: 23 (1989). TABS. 25, fig. 4; 26, fig. 4. Type from (?)Surinam.
Information
Erect annual monoecious herbs to c. 1 m. tall. Stems somewhat fleshy above, ± woody below, little branched, leafy in upper part, covered with stinging hairs to c. 1 mm. long and soft glandular hairs 1–2(3) mm. long. Leaves 10–15 x 8–12 cm., ovate to broadly ovate; apex acuminate; base rounded to truncate; margin regularly serrate, with 30–40 teeth per side c. 0.5 mm. long; lamina usually with stinging hairs on both sides but without glandular hairs. Petiole 5–15 cm. long, usually covered with soft glandular hairs and a few stinging hairs. Stipules up to 1 cm. long, linear-lanceolate, fused for ± half their length. Inflorescences bisexual, mainly in the axils of the uppermost leaves, consisting of profusely branched panicles up to c. 20 cm. long, on peduncles 4–10 cm. long, axes covered with glandular and stinging hairs. Male flowers intermixed with female flowers or mostly at the base of the inflorescences, soon falling, pedicellate, perianth 4–5-merous, 1–2 mm. in diam., usually with glandular hairs on the outside. Female flowers densely clustered, tepals 4 unequal, pedicel unwinged. Achenes 1–2 mm. long, ovoid, laterally compressed, with circular and rugose markings on the sides, shortly stipitate, shed without the perianth.
Habitat
Weed in partial shade along roads and in disturbed areas in forest and scrub, and in cultivation
Range
Pantropical
Altitude range
250–1000 m.
1000
250
Distribution
Mozambique MS Chimoio, Serra de Chindaza, male & female fls. 26.iii.1948, Garcia 738 (LISC).Mozambique T Tete, Cabora Bassa, fl. & fr. 21.ii.1972, Ma?edo 4879 (LISC; LMU).Malawi S Ntchisi (Chilwa) Isl., 760 m., female fl. 11.iii.1955, Exell, Mendonça & Wild 811 (SRGH).Zambia S Sinazongwe, male fl. 28.v.1961, Fanshawe 6625 (SRGH).Mozambique N Nampula Prov., Malema (Entre Rios), 550 m., male & female fls. 13.ii.1964, Torre & Pavia 10562 (LISC).Malawi N Karonga.500 m., fl. 24.iv.1975, Pawek (K; MO; PRE; SRGH).Zimbabwe N Hurungwe Distr., Zambezi Valley, Kariba Gorge, fr. 25.ii.1953, Wild 4092 (PRE; SRGH; UPS).Zambia C Luangwa Valley, 700 m., female fl. 18.iv.1966, Astle 4783 (SRGH).
Notes
An unpleasantly stinging plant.

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