Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Rosales Bercht. & J.Presl
Family
Urticaceae
Genus
Urtica L.
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Urtica perconfusa Grosse-Veldmann & Weigend in Grosse-Veldmann et al., Phytotaxa 245: 257-268 (2016)
Synonymy:
Type:—NEW ZEALAND. [Greater Wellington (North Island): Wellington Land Distr.] Wellington, Waiwiri Stream, at bases of Carex secta amongst Phormium swamp, Alt: 1, Map 260: S 25 Grid: 934619, Lat: 40° 37’ S, Long: 175° 10’ E, P. J. De Lange 2094 (holotype: CHR 497596!)
Etymology:
“the thoroughly confused nettle” and commemorates its taxonomic history
 Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
 Bibliography
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R.; Barkla J.W.; Courtney, S.P.; Champion, P.D.; Perrie, L.R.; Beadel, S.N.; Ford, K.A.; Breitwieser, I.; Schönberger, I.; Hindmarsh-Walls, R.; Heenan, P.B.; Ladley, K. 2018: Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2017. New Zealand Threat Classification Series. No. 22. [Declining]
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): 251–261.