Urtica L.
(nettles)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Urtica dioica
Common Nettle
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 		Species 1 subtaxa 8 images 4 ident. refs
Urtica urens
Small Nettle
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 		Species 6 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusUrtica (nettles)
FamilyURTICACEAE (nettles)
OrderROSALES (roses, elms, nettles, hops, buckthorns and figs)
SubclassEU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource

Plant Pathology

Davis, B.N.K. 1991 Insects on Nettles Naturalists' Handbooks, 1, 2 edition, 68pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd

Urtica (nettles) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Urtica (nettles)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 200 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Urtica (nettles)
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