Parietaria debilis

Parietaria debilis, commonly known as pellitory, small-flower pellitory,[2] or native pellitory, is a herb native to Australia and New Zealand.

Parietaria debilis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Urticaceae
Genus: Parietaria
Species:
P. debilis
Binomial name
Parietaria debilis
Synonyms[1]

Parietaria micrantha Ledeb.

Description

It grows as an annual herb from 7 to 40 centimetres in height, with green or white flowers. Individual plants bear both perfect and imperfect flowers.[3]

Taxonomy

This species was published in 1786 by Georg Forster, based on a type specimen collected in New Zealand. It has twice been moved to other genera—to Urtica by Stephan Endlicher in 1833, and to Freirea by Alexander Viktorovich Jarmolenko in 1941—but neither move was accepted.[4]

Distribution and habitat

It is native to Australia and New Zealand.[5][6] In Australia it is widespread in temperate regions, occurring in every state and territory.[4] It favours well-drained sites, especially in calcareous soils.[3][7]

Research

DNA was able to be extracted, and the chloroplast DNA trnL–trnF intergenic spacer and trnL intron were sequenced, from a herbarium specimen of Parietaria debilis collected by Joseph Banks and Daniel Solander on Captain James Cook’s first voyage in 1769–70.[8]

References
  1. "Parietaria debilis", The Plant List, retrieved 2013-11-02
  2. Lee, Sangtae; Chang, Kae Sun, eds. (2015). English Names for Korean Native Plants (PDF). Pocheon: Korea National Arboretum. p. 561. ISBN 978-89-97450-98-5. Retrieved 22 March 2019 – via Korea Forest Service.
  3. "Parietaria debilis G.Forst". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  4. "Parietaria debilis G.Forst". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
  5. "Parietaria debilis". www.nzpcn.org.nz. Retrieved 2019-05-18.
  6. "Parietaria debilis G.Forst. Pellitory". florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au. Retrieved 2019-05-18.
  7. G.Forst. "New South Wales Flora Online: Parietaria debilis". Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney, Australia.
  8. Lara Dawn Shepherd; Matt Hendrik Buys; Carlos A. Lehnebach; Antony Kusabs; Leon Perrie (2020). "Do herbarium specimens collected by Banks and Solander during Cook's voyage around New Zealand in 1769-70 contain DNA?". Tuhinga: Records of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. Te Papa. 31: 113–119. ISSN 1173-4337. Wikidata Q106839643.
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