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Acalypha wilkesiana Müll.Arg.

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Publication: A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(2.2): 817. 1866     Infra-gen: Acalypha

Name status: accepted       Fide: Sagun, Levin & van Welzen (2010), Levin & Sagun (2021)

Synonyms: [show results...] Acalypha amentacea f. circinata (Müll.Arg.) Fosberg Acalypha amentacea subsp. wilkesiana (Müll.Arg.) Fosberg Acalypha circinata A.Gray in Seem. Acalypha compacta Guilf. ex C.T.White Acalypha godseffiana Masters Acalypha godseffiana var. heterophylla L.H.Bailey Acalypha hamiltoniana Pynaert Acalypha illustris Pax & K.Hoffm. Acalypha macafeeana Veitch Acalypha macrophylla Veitch Acalypha marginata (Mill.) J.J.Sm. Acalypha musaica Hort. Acalypha torta Pax & K.Hoffm. Acalypha tricolor Hort. Acalypha tricolor Hort. in Seem Acalypha tricolor Veich ex Mast. Acalypha wilkesiana f. circinata Müll.Arg. Acalypha wilkesiana f. illustris J.J.Sm. Acalypha wilkesiana f. macrophylla J.J.Sm. Acalypha wilkesiana f. monstrosa J.J.Sm. Acalypha wilkesiana f. triumphans (L.Linden & Rodig) J.J.Sm. Acalypha wilkesiana var. macafeana hort. Acalypha wilkesiana var. macrophylla hort. Acalypha wilkesiana var. marginata hort. Acalypha wilkesiana var. marginata Mill. Ricinocarpus wilkesianus (Müll.Arg.) Kuntze    include invalid names

Notes: nom. cons. prop. Widespread cultivated as ornamental. Not known in the wild. Origin unknown

Distribution: AFRICA. NORTH AMERICA. CENTRAL AMERICA. SOUTH AMERICA. ASIA TEMPERATE. ASIA TROPICAL. PACIFIC.

TYPE INFORMATION
Type/s		view in digital library
Locality:	[PACIFIC: FIJI] Fiji, in insulis Fidji
Collection/s:	Wilkes Expedition s.n. (U.S. Expl. Exped. under Capt. Wilkes)
Herbarium/a:	Lectotype designated by Cardiel et al. (2022): G-DC barcodes G00324021 and G00324022; isolectotypes: GH barcode GH00045512, K barcode K000959008, and US barcodes US00096423 and US00096424).
Notes: Remaining syntype: B. C. Seeman s.n. (GH and US barcode US0096425)

IMAGES

IMAGES OF TYPE SPECIMENS

G00324021 G00324022 GH00045512 K000959008

IMAGES UNDER SYNONYMS

GH Herbarium US 00096425

Usage of the data hosted in this web server implies the explicit indication of the source,
as follows: Cardiel, J.M., Muñoz-Rodríguez, P., Montero-Muñoz, I., Gamarra, R. & Ortúñez,
E. Acalypha Taxonomic Information System, www.acalypha.es [Date of request].