Acalypha venezuelica Cardiel

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 : 60-61

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2023.886.2201
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8231867
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/3F7387D3-FFB2-6923-FDA7-F85DFDBEFB98
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Acalypha venezuelica Cardiel
status

Treatment

83. Acalypha venezuelica Cardiel View in CoL

Anales del Jardín Botánico de Madrid 57 (1): 59 ( Cardiel 1999a).

Voucher specimens

VENEZUELA – Falcón • Van der Werff, H. 7467; F, NY, U . – Mérida • Aristeguieta, L. 7862; F . • Bernardi, A.L. 419; NY . • Bernardi, A.L. 481; NY .

Habit

Shrub. Native.

Habitat

Northern Andes: Northern Andean Highlands, alt. 1200‒1400 m.

Distribution

Disjunct distribution in Guatemala and Northern South America ( Venezuela).

Reference

Cardiel (1999b).

Provisional conservation status

EN B1ab(i,iii)+B2ab(ii,iii).

Remarks

This species is only known in South America from the four aforementioned collections. Acalypha venezuelica is also reported here for the first time in Guatemala (Zapaca), based on the specimen: P.C. Standley 73825, G[G00405440].