Acalypha arvensis 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 : 13

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2023.886.2201
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8231702
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/3F7387D3-FF85-6913-FD9E-FE4FFF20F810
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Acalypha arvensis Poepp.
status

Treatment

11. Acalypha arvensis Poepp. View in CoL View at ENA

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

≡ Ricinocarpus arvensis (Poepp.) Kuntze View in CoL ; = Acalypha pavoniana Müll.Arg. View in CoL ≡ A. arvensis var. pavoniana (Müll.Arg.) Müll.Arg.

Voucher specimens

BOLIVIA – Beni • Guareco, I. 605; MA, LPB.

BRAZIL – Acre • Prance, G.T. 7722; NY.

COLOMBIA – Magdalena • Smith, H.H. 1450; BM, COL, F, G, GH, K, L, MA, MO, NY, P, S, U, US .

ECUADOR – Cotopaxi • Dodson, C.H. 12024; QCNE, MO, SEL.

FRENCH GUIANA – Cayenne • Feuillet, C. 1701; CAY, U.

GUYANA – Unknown locality • Anonymous s.n.; G-DC[G00324853] .

PERU – Loreto • Klug, G. 1648; BM, F, GH, MO, NY, S.

SURINAME – Paramaribo • Lindeman, J.C. 6558; U.

VENEZUELA – Amazonas • Cardiel, J.M. 1195; MA, VEN .

Habit

Herb. Native.

Habitat

Northern Andes: Caribe/Pacific Lowland Plains and Hills, Venezuelan Coastal Andes, and Northern Andean Highlands; Central Andes: Yungas; Amazonian-Orinocan Lowland:Amazon Lowlands; Eastern Highlands: Cerrados and Atlantic Forests, alt. 0‒1500(‒2000) m.

Distribution

Widely distributed from the south-eastern United States to central South America ( Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela).

References

Cardiel & Muñoz-Rodríguez (2012), Cardiel et al. (2013b, 2022b).

Provisional conservation status

LC.