Urticaceae Juss.
Urtica sykesii Grosse-Veldmann & Wiegend
, legitimate, scientific
[Grosse-Veldmann, B., Conn, B.J. & Weigend, M. (2016), Weeding the nettles IV: A redefinition of Urtica incisa and allies in New Zealand and Australia, including the segregation of two new species Urtica sykesii and U. perconfusa. Phytotaxa 245(4)]:
255-257
APC
[tax. nov.]
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Type:
"NEW ZEALAND. Otago (South Island): Waipori Falls, approx. 25 km south of Dunedin, Nothofagus menziesii forest, original collection by Th. Franke, Mar. 2005, cultivated in Berlin May 2006, M. Weigend 8212 (holotype: CHR!, isotypes: B!, BONN!, E 00267313!)."
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Etymology:
"... is named after the eminent New Zealand botanist William Russell Sykes..."