11. Acalypha arvensis Poepp.

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

≡ Ricinocarpus arvensis (Poepp.) Kuntze; = Acalypha pavoniana Müll.Arg. ≡ 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.