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Urtica
Taxonomy
Urtica was named by Linnaeus (1753). It is extant.
It was assigned to Urticaceae by Chauhan (1991) and Huang et al. (2023).
It was assigned to Urticaceae by Chauhan (1991) and Huang et al. (2023).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1753 | Urtica Linnaeus |
| 1991 | Urtica Chauhan |
| 2023 | Urtica Huang et al. |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Eocene to the top of the Holocene or 37.20000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma
Collections (22 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Eocene | Myanmar (Sagaing) | U. sp. (227646 227669 227672 227674 227781) | |
| Chattian | Germany (Sachsen) | U. tertiaria (24185) | |
| Chattian | Russian Federation (Tomsk) | U. sp.3 (23663) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Russian Federation (Omsk) | U. sp. (23894) | |
| Langhian | Germany (Brandenburg) | U. tertiaria (27378) | |
| Middle Miocene | Russian Federation (Omsk) | U. sp.1, U. sp.2 (24078 24079) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene - Middle Miocene | Russian Federation (Omsk) | U. dioica (24093) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Russian Federation (Omsk) | U. dioica (24287) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Russian Federation (Omsk) | U. dioica (24096) | |
| Piacenzian | Germany (Thuringia) | U. dioica (22778 22779) U. urens, U. dioica (22781) | |
| Piacenzian | Germany (Thuringen) | U. dioica (22783) | |
| Quaternary | India (Himachal Pradesh) | U. dioica (228760) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | United Kingdom (England) | U. dioca (164906) | |
| Holocene | India (Uttarakhand) | U. dioica (228762 228763) |