Urtica australis Hook.f. (1844: 68)

Grosse-Veldmann, Bernadette & Weigend, Maximilian, 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), pp. 251-261 : 261

Urtica australis Hook.f. (1844: 68) .

Type:— NEW ZEALAND. Lord Auckland’s Island , In woods near the sea, Nov. 1840, [s. coll.] ; 1489 [coll. no.] Lord Aucklands Groups;

Herbarium Hookerianum 1867 (K 000351871!).

= Urtica aucklandica Hook.f. (1844: 68) . Type:— NEW ZEALAND. Lord Auckland’s group, [Auckland Islands], J. D. H. [J. D. Hooker s.n.], Better specimen—Brit. Mus. [sic!] (K 000351873!, BM?).

Additional specimens examined:— NEW ZEALAND. Greater Wellington (North Island): Wellington Land Distr., Chatham Islands, Chatham Island, Waitangi-Tuku road 3–4 km from Waitangi , 50 m, 27 Nov. 1993, W. R. Sykes 368/93 ( CHR 496662 A!) ; Wellington Land Distr., Chatham Islands, Chatham Island, Waitangi-Tuku road 3–4 km from Waitangi , 50 m, 27 Nov. 1993, W. R. Sykes 368/93 ( CHR 496662 B!) ; Wellington Land Distr., Chatham Islands, Chatham Island, Waitangi-Tuku road 3–4 km from Waitangi , 50 m, 27 Nov. 1993, W. R. Sykes 368/93 ( CHR 496662 C!) ; Southland (South Island): Southland Land Distr., Auckland Islands, Enderby Island , 12 Feb. 1987, W. R. Sykes 16/87 ( CHR 437022 A!) ; Southland Land Distr., Auckland Islands, Enderby Island , 12 Feb. 1987, W. R. Sykes 16/87 ( CHR 437022 B!) ; Southland Land Distr., Fiordland, Resolution Island , Woodhen Cove Te Anau , S 45° 39’, E 166° 33.1’, 2 m, 16 Feb. 1984, P. N. Johnson 173 ( CHR 415667 !) .