Dendrocnide excelsa (Wedd.) Chew
First published in Gard. Bull. Singapore 21: 203 (1965)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is E. Australia. It is a tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.
Distribution
Native to:
New South Wales, Queensland
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Urera excelsa Wedd. in Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 4, 1: 178 (1854)
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Laportea gigas Wedd. in Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. 9: 129 (1856)
- Urera rotundifolia Wedd. in Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 4, 1: 177 (1854)
- Urtica gigas A.Cunn. ex Wedd. in Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. 9: 129 (1856), not validly publ.
- Urticastrum gigas (Wedd.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 635 (1891)
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- George, A.S. (ed.) (1989). Flora of Australia 3: 1-219. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.
- Govaerts, R. (2000). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS D: 1-30141.
Kew Backbone Distributions
- George, A.S. (ed.) (1989). Flora of Australia 3: 1-219. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
| Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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| Sep 1, 1964 | Cunningham, A. [s.n.], Australia | K000675699 | Yes | ||
| Sep 1, 1964 | s.coll. [s.n.] | K000675695 | Yes | ||
| Sep 1, 1964 | Cunningham, A. [s.n.], Australia | K000675697 | Yes | ||
| Sep 1, 1964 | Cunningham, A. [s.n.], Australia | K000675696 | Yes | ||
| Sep 1, 1964 | Cunningham, A. [s.n.], Australia | K000675698 | Yes |
Sources
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
- Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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IUCN Categories
- IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0