Acalypha villosa 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 : 61-62

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2023.886.2201
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8231869
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/3F7387D3-FFB5-6922-FD8B-FB48FF20FBAF
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Acalypha villosa Jacq.
status

Treatment

84. Acalypha villosa Jacq. View in CoL View at ENA

Enumeratio Systematica Plantarum 32 ( Jacquin 1760).

≡ Ricinocarpus villosus (Jacq.) Kuntze View in CoL ; = Acalypha carthagenensis Jacq. View in CoL ≡ R. carthagenensis (Jacq.) Kuntze View in CoL ; = Gymnalypha jacquini Griseb. ; = A. linostachya Baill. ; = A. villosa var. intermedia Müll. Arg. View in CoL ; = A. villosa var. tomentosa Müll.Arg. View in CoL ; = A. villosa f. paniculata Müll.Arg. View in CoL ≡ A. villosa var. paniculata (Müll.Arg.) Pax & K.Hoffm. View in CoL ; = A. villosa var. trichopoda Müll.Arg. View in CoL ; = A. subvillosa Müll. Arg. View in CoL ≡ R. subvillosus (Müll.Arg.) Kuntze View in CoL ; = A. williamsii Rusby [1920] View in CoL nom. inval.; = A. karsteniana Pax & K.Hoffm. View in CoL ; = A. villosa var. latiuscula Pax & K.Hoffm. View in CoL ; = A. rusbyi Dorr. View in CoL

Voucher specimens

ARGENTINA – Salta • Meyer, T. 4864; BM, F.

BOLIVIA – La Paz • Buchtien, O. 3809; F, GH, NY, US.

BRAZIL – Ceará • Gardner, G. 1838; G, K, NY.

COLOMBIA – Norte de Santander • Barkley, F.A. 18NS095; COL, MEDEL, US.

ECUADOR – Los Ríos • Dodson, C.H. 5845; AAU, MO, SEL, US.

GUYANA – Potaro-Siparuni • Hahn, W. 5713; CAY, NY, U, US.

PARAGUAY – Amambay • Hassler, E. 7859; BM, F, GH, K, MO, NY, W.

PERU – Amazonas • Hutchinson, P.C. 4450; F, GH, K, M, MO, NY, US.

VENEZUELA – Barinas • Breteler, F.J. 4249; COL, F, G, M, NY, S, U, US.

Habit

Shrub or small tree to 5 m high. Native.

Habitat

Northern Andes: Caribe/Pacific Lowland Plains and Hills, Venezuelan Coastal Andes, and Northern Andean Highlands; Central Andes: Yungas; Amazonian-Orinocan Lowland: Amazon Irregular Plains and Piedmont; Eastern Highlands: Guianan Highlands, Cerrados, Caatinga and Atlantic Forests, alt. 50‒1500(‒2300) m.

Distribution

Widely distributed from Mexico to South America ( Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, and Venezuela).

References

Cardiel (1995a), Muñoz-Rodríguez et al. (2014), Cardiel et al. (2022b).

Provisional conservation status

LC.