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

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2023.886.2201
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8231742
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/3F7387D3-FF9E-6907-FD9F-FA59FF20FC10
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Acalypha cuneata Poepp.
status

Treatment

23. Acalypha cuneata Poepp. View in CoL View at ENA

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

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

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.