23. Acalypha cuneata Poepp.

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

≡ Ricinocarpus cuneatus (Poepp.) Kuntze ≡ Acalypha obovata var. cuneata (Poepp.) J.F.Macbr.; = A. obovata Benth. ≡ A. cuneata var. obovata (Benth.) Müll.Arg.; = A. eggersii Pax & K.Hoffm.; = A. erosa Rusby; = A. juruana Ule.

Voucher specimens

BOLIVIA – La Paz • Beck, S. 8545; DAV, LPB, MO, NY.

BRAZIL – Rondônia • Cid-Ferreira, C.A. 4983; K, MO, NY, RB.

COLOMBIA – Antioquia • Barkley, F.A. 18C336; BM, MEDEL.

ECUADOR – Napo • Zaruma, J. 381; F, MO, QCA, QCNE.

PERU – Madre de Dios • Gentry, A.H. 27284; AAU, MO, NY.

VENEZUELA – Yaracuy • Agostini, G. 1758; DAV, F, MO, NY, VEN.

Habit

Shrub or small tree to 8 m high. Native.

Habitat

Northern Andes: Caribe/Pacific Lowland Plains and Hills; Central Andes: Yungas; Amazonian-Orinocan Lowland: Amazon Irregular Plains and Piedmont, Guianan Shield Moist Forests, and Amazon and Coastal Lowlands, alt. (10‒)100‒1200(‒1800) m.

Distribution

Central America, Caribe, and Northern South America (Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela).

References

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

Provisional conservation status

LC.