Acalypha cuspidata Jacq.
publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2023.886.2201 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8231744 |
persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/3F7387D3-FF91-6906-FD98-FBFFFAE1FD98 |
treatment provided by |
Felipe |
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Acalypha cuspidata Jacq. |
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24. Acalypha cuspidata Jacq. View in CoL View at ENA
Plantarum Rariorum Horti Caesarei Schoenbrunnensis Descriptiones et Icones 2: 63, tab. 243 ( Jacquin 1797).
≡ Ricinocarpus cuspidatus (Jacq.) Kuntze View in CoL ; = Acalypha vestita Benth. View in CoL ; = A. asterifolia Rusby View in CoL ; = A. tenuipes Pax & K.Hoffm. View in CoL ; = A. santae-martae Pax & K.Hoffm. View in CoL
Voucher specimens
COLOMBIA – Magdalena • Smith, H.H. 429; BM, G, LE, MA .
ECUADOR – Guayas • Madsen, J.E. 63938; AAU, MA, QCA, QCNE .
PERU – Tumbes • Weberbauer, A. 7662; F, NY, US .
VENEZUELA – Distrito Capital • Pittier, H. 13367; G, GH, M, MO, NY, US .
Habit
Subshrub or shrub. Native.
Habitat
Northern Andes: Caribe/Pacific Lowland Plains and Hills, Venezuelan Coastal Andes, and Northern Andean Highlands, alt. 30‒1000(‒1300) m.
Distribution
Mexico, Caribe, and Northern South America ( Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela).
References
Cardiel (1995a), Cardiel & Muñoz-Rodríguez (2012), Cardiel et al. (2013b).
Provisional conservation status
LC.
Remarks
The specimens previously identified as A calypha plicata from Colombia and Venezuela by Cardiel (1995a, 1999b), are here considered belonging to A. cuspidata . See the Remarks for this species.
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