Taxon: Urtica ferox G. Forst.

• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

Common names:

• tree nettle   (Source: F NZeal ) – English
  

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see MMPND for additional names in foreign scripts

Economic importance:

• Vertebrate poisons: mammals   (fide Poison Pl Proc)
  

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View toxicology references for Urtica ferox from FDA Poisonous Plant Database

View ethnobotanical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Distributional range:

• AUSTRALASIA
  New Zealand: New Zealand

References:

• Allan, H. H. B. et al. 1961–. Flora of New Zealand.
• Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
• Seawright, A. A. & B. L. Smith. 1992. The indigenous poisonous plants of Australia and New Zealand. P. 59 in: James, L. F. et al., Poisonous plants. Proceedings of the third international symposium.

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Urtica ferox.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Urtica ferox.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Urtica ferox.

Check other web resources for Urtica ferox G. Forst.:

• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Check other web resources for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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