29. Acalypha diversifolia Jacq.

Plantarum Rariorum Horti Caesarei Schoenbrunnensis Descriptiones et Icones 2: 63, tab. 244. (Jacquin 1797).

≡ Acalypha leptostachya f. diversifolia (Jacq.) Müll.Arg. ≡ Ricinocarpus diversifolius (Jacq.) Kuntze; = A. leptostachya Kunth ≡ A. diversifolia var. leptostachya (Kunth) Müll.Arg.; = A. popayanensis Kunth ≡ A. leptostachya var. popayanensis (Kunth) Müll.Arg.; = A. microgyna Poepp.; = A. samydifolia Poepp. ≡ R. samydifolius (Poepp.) Kuntze; = A. ulmifolia Benth.; = A. spicigera Seem.; = A. leptostachya var. carpinifolia Poepp. ex Müll.Arg. ≡ A. diversifolia var. carpinifolia (Poepp. ex Müll.Arg.) Müll. Arg.; = A. diversifolia var. squarrosa Müll.Arg.; = A. diversifolia Rusby; = A. inaequalis Rusby; = A. alchorneoides Rusby; = A. salicioides Rusby; = A. diversifolia var. caloneura Pax & K.Hoffm.; = A. vermifera Rusby.

Voucher specimens

BOLIVIA – La Paz • Bang, M. 1591; BM, F, GH, K, M, MA, MO, NY, S, US.

BRAZIL – Minas Gerais • Araújo, G.M. 1054; HUFU, SP.

COLOMBIA – Valle del Cauca • Barkley, F.A. 18VC022; COL, MO, US.

ECUADOR – El Oro • Albert, L. 736; MO, QCA, SEL.

FRENCH GUIANA – Saul Region • Skog, L.E. 7190; B, CAY, F, NY, U, US.

GUYANA – Rupununi District • Jansen-Jacobs, M.J. 2948; B, CAY, F, NY, U, US.

PERU – San Martín • Belshaw, C.M. 3276; F, GH, K, U, NY, SI, US.

SURINAME – Sipaliwini • Bosbeheer, L. 9618; F, GH, U.

VENEZUELA – Mérida • Breteler, F.J. 3279; COL, F, G, NY, RB, S, U, UPS.

Habit

Shrub or small tree to 8 m high. Native.

Habitat

Northern Andes: Caribe/Pacific Lowland Plains and Hills and Northern Andean Highlands; Central Andes: Yungas; Amazonian-Orinocan Lowland: Amazon Irregular Plains and Piedmont, Guianan Shield Moist Forests, and Amazon and Coastal Lowlands; Eastern Highlands: Cerrados and Atlantic Forests, alt. 0‒2000(‒2400) m.

Distribution

Widely distributed in Southern Mexico, Central America, and Northern South America (Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela).

References

Cardiel (1995a), Cardiel & Muñoz-Rodríguez (2012), Cardiel et al. (2013b, 2022b).

Provisional conservation status

LC.