Acalypha diversifolia Jacq.

Cardiel, José María, Muñoz-Rodríguez, Pablo, González-Berdasco, Álvaro & Montero-Muñoz, Iris, 2023, Catalogue and red list of Acalypha L. (Euphorbiaceae) from South America, European Journal of Taxonomy 886, pp. 1-92 : 28-29

29. Acalypha diversifolia Jacq.

Plantarum Rariorum Horti Caesarei Schoenbrunnensis Descriptiones et Icones 2: 63, tab. 244. ( Jacquin 1797).

≡ Acalypha leptostachya f. diversifolia (Jacq.) Müll.Arg. ≡ Ricinocarpus diversifolius (Jacq.) Kuntze ; = A. leptostachya Kunth ≡ A. diversifolia var. leptostachya (Kunth) Müll.Arg. ; = A. popayanensis Kunth ≡ A. leptostachya var. popayanensis (Kunth) Müll.Arg. ; = A. microgyna Poepp. ; = A. samydifolia Poepp. ≡ R. samydifolius (Poepp.) Kuntze ; = A. ulmifolia Benth. ; = A. spicigera Seem. ; = A. leptostachya var. carpinifolia Poepp. ex Müll.Arg. ≡ A. diversifolia var. carpinifolia (Poepp. ex Müll.Arg.) Müll. Arg. ; = A. diversifolia var. squarrosa Müll.Arg. ; = A. diversifolia Rusby ; = A. inaequalis Rusby ; = A. alchorneoides Rusby ; = A. salicioides Rusby ; = A. diversifolia var. caloneura Pax & K.Hoffm. ; = A. vermifera Rusby.

Voucher specimens

BOLIVIA – La Paz • Bang, M. 1591; BM, F, GH, K, M, MA, MO, NY, S, US.

BRAZIL – Minas Gerais • Araújo, G.M. 1054; HUFU, SP.

COLOMBIA – Valle del Cauca • Barkley, F.A. 18VC022; COL, MO, US.

ECUADOR – El Oro • Albert, L. 736; MO, QCA, SEL.

FRENCH GUIANA – Saul Region • Skog, L.E. 7190; B, CAY, F, NY, U, US.

GUYANA – Rupununi District • Jansen-Jacobs, M.J. 2948; B, CAY, F, NY, U, US.

PERU – San Martín • Belshaw, C.M. 3276; F, GH, K, U, NY, SI, US.

SURINAME – Sipaliwini • Bosbeheer, L. 9618; F, GH, U.

VENEZUELA – Mérida • Breteler, F.J. 3279; COL, F, G, NY, RB, S, U, UPS.

Habit

Shrub or small tree to 8 m high. Native.

Habitat

Northern Andes: Caribe/Pacific Lowland Plains and Hills and Northern Andean Highlands; Central Andes: Yungas; Amazonian-Orinocan Lowland: Amazon Irregular Plains and Piedmont, Guianan Shield Moist Forests, and Amazon and Coastal Lowlands; Eastern Highlands: Cerrados and Atlantic Forests, alt. 0‒2000(‒2400) m.

Distribution

Widely distributed in Southern Mexico, Central America, and Northern South America ( Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela).

References

Cardiel (1995a), Cardiel & Muñoz-Rodríguez (2012), Cardiel et al. (2013b, 2022b).

Provisional conservation status

LC.