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Acalypha poiretii Spreng.

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Publication: Syst. Veg. 3: 879. 1826     Infra-gen: Acalypha

Name status: accepted       Fide: Cardiel & Muñoz (2015), Cardiel et al. (2025, 2026)

Synonyms: [show results...] Acalypha alnifolia Poir. Acalypha cylindrica Roxb. Acalypha erubescens B.L.Rob. & Greenm. Acalypha hispida Willd. Acalypha indica Vell. Acalypha macrostachyos Poir. Acalypha paupercula Pax & K.Hoffm. Acalypha rhombifolia Baill. Acalypha villosa Vahl in Baill. Acalypha yucatanensis Millsp. Ricinocarpus poiretii (Spreng.) Kuntze    include invalid names

Notes: Nomen novum for A. macrostachyos Poir.

DISTRIBUTION		view specimens
NORTH AMERICA (Mexico, United States), CARIBBEAN (Aruba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Leeward & Winward Is., Netherlands Antilles), CENTRAL AMERICA (Belize, Guatemala), SOUTH AMERICA (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela).
Notes: Introduced in WEST TROPICAL AFRICA (Cape Verde), and WIOR (Mauritius, Reunion)

TYPE INFORMATION		view in digital library
Type/s
Locality:	[AMERICA] Unknown country, “Amer. trop.”, s.d.
Collection/s:	Anonymous s.n.
Herbarium/a:	Lectotype designated by Cardiel et al (2022) or perhaps holotype: P-LAM barcode P00382110
Notes: ---

IMAGES

Freyreiss s.n. S13-19477 Lund 221 G00324864 Salzmann 485 G00324862 Weddell 28 G00324858

IMAGES OF TYPE SPECIMENS

IMAGES UNDER SYNONYMS

Glaziou 770 Lindberg 748    BM000939666 CAL 0000023769 JE Herbarium K Herbarium [1] MO Herbarium NY Herbarium P00645412 P00645413 P00645414 P00645415 S Herbarium US 00096328 US 00096329 Fl. Flumin. Icon. 10: tab. 64 S Herbarium Z-000015841 S Herbarium

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].