Acalypha cuneata Poepp.

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 : 24-25

23. Acalypha cuneata Poepp.

Nova Genera ac Species Plantarum quas in Regno Chilensi Peruviano 3: 21 ( Poeppig 1841).

≡ Ricinocarpus cuneatus (Poepp.) Kuntze ≡ Acalypha obovata var. cuneata (Poepp.) J.F.Macbr. ; = A. obovata Benth. ≡ A. cuneata var. obovata (Benth.) Müll.Arg. ; = A. eggersii Pax & K.Hoffm. ; = A. erosa Rusby ; = A. juruana Ule.

Voucher specimens

BOLIVIA – La Paz • Beck, S. 8545; DAV, LPB, MO, NY.

BRAZIL – Rondônia • Cid-Ferreira, C.A. 4983; K, MO, NY, RB.

COLOMBIA – Antioquia • Barkley, F.A. 18C336; BM, MEDEL.

ECUADOR – Napo • Zaruma , J. 381; F, MO, QCA, QCNE.

PERU – Madre de Dios • Gentry, A.H. 27284; AAU, MO, NY.

VENEZUELA – Yaracuy • Agostini, G. 1758; DAV, F, MO, NY, VEN.

Habit

Shrub or small tree to 8 m high. Native.

Habitat

Northern Andes: Caribe/Pacific Lowland Plains and Hills; Central Andes: Yungas; Amazonian-Orinocan Lowland: Amazon Irregular Plains and Piedmont, Guianan Shield Moist Forests, and Amazon and Coastal Lowlands, alt. (10‒)100‒1200(‒1800) m.

Distribution

Central America, Caribe, and Northern South America ( Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela).

References

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

Provisional conservation status

LC.