Plant Details

Accepted name:: Urtica magellanica Juss. ex Poir. [Urticaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
ortiga	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009) Med. Pl. in N Peru (Revene et al., 2008)
ortiga brava	Other	Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
root, aerial part, leaf, stem		Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)
aerial parts, leaf	dried aerial parts	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 8 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Urtica bracteata Steud. Flora 33: 258 (1850).
Urtica darwinii Hook.f. Fl. Antarct.: 343 (1846).
Urtica dioica var. pycnantha Wedd. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16(1): 52 (1869).
Urtica dioica var. steudelii Wedd. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16(1): 52 (1869).
Urtica magellanica subsp. bracteata (Steud.) Geltman Novon 8: 17 (1998).
Urtica magellanica var. bracteata (Steud.) Wedd. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16(1): 47 (1869).
Urtica magellanica var. glomeruliflora Wedd. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16(1): 47 (1869).
Urtica pseudodioica Steud. Flora 33: 257 (1850).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Urtica magellanica A. Jussieu ex Poiret	Med. Pl. in N Peru (Revene et al., 2008)
Urtica magellanica Juss. ex Poir.	Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Urtica magellanica Poir.	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)

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